Bruschetta with Asparagus and Swiss Cheese

Ingredients

• 4 x 1½ cm slices crusty white bread
• 60 ml (¼ cup) olive oil
• 1 garlic clove, cut in half
• 45 ml (3 tbsp) olive oil
• 1 garlic clove, finely chopped
• 60 ml (¼ cup) lemon juice
• 4 artichoke hearts, well drained, quartered
• 4 asparagus spears, blanched and cut in small pieces
• 12 cherry tomatoes, cut in half
• 12 black olives, pitted, cut in half
• salt and pepper to taste
• 15 ml (1 tbsp) fresh basil leaves, snipped into pieces
• 250 ml (1 cup) Canadian Swiss cheese, diced