Red Pepper Bruschetta (No Tomatoes!) - cooking recipe

Ingredients
    1 bulb of garlic
    1 teaspoon olive oil, divided
    2 tablespoons olive oil, divided
    2 medium sweet red peppers, halved and seeded
    3 tablespoons fresh parsley, minced
    2 tablespoons fresh basil, minced
    1 tablespoon lemon juice
    1/2 teaspoon salt
    1/4 teaspoon pepper
    12 ounces French baguettes
Preparation
    Remove outer skin from garlic bulb (don't separate cloves). Brush with 1 tsp oil. Wrap in foil. Bake at 425\u00b0F 30-35 minutes, until soft. Cool.
    Broil peppers until skins blister, about 10 minutes. Immediate place in a paper bag and let sit 15-20 minutes. Peel and discard charred skin. Coarsely chop peppers.
    Cut off top of garlic bulb, squeeze garlic out and chop finely.
    In a bowl, combine parsley, basil, lemon juice, salt, pepper and remaining oil. Add peppers and garlic; mix well.
    Cut bread in 16 slices about 1/2 inch thick; broil until toasted slightly.
    Top toasts with pepper mixture and serve immediately.

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