Crostini

Submitted by mums the word

"An eye catching appetizer for Christmas parties (red, white and green). I saw this in "Holiday Appetizers" by Favorite Brand Name Recipes and wanted to save it here. I will be making this for the holidays this year."

 

• Ready In: 18mins
• Ingredients: 4
• Yields: 16 slices
• Serves: 8

ingredients

• 1⁄4 loaf whole wheat baguette (4oz)
• 4 plum tomatoes
• 1 cup part-skim mozzarella cheese, shredded
• 3 tablespoons pesto sauce

directions

1. Preheat oven to 400°F
2. Slice baguette into very thin diagonal slices.
3. Slice tomato vertically into four 1/4 inch slices.
4. Place baguette slices on non-stick baking sheet, top each with 1 Tbsp cheese, then 1 slice of tomato.
5. Bake approximately 8 minutes or until bread is lightly toasted and cheese is melted.
6. Remove from oven, top each crostini with about 1/2 tsp pesto sauce and garnish with fresh basil if desired.
7. Serve warm.

Reviews

[Nimz_]

This was very good. The pesto sauce is very domineering in this. But we love pesto sauce. May add additional cheese next time. Thanks Made for PAC Spring 2009