Queso De Cabra Con Tomate (Goat Cheese Baked in Tomato Sauce)

Spanish tapas - toasted garlic bread dipped in creamy warm goat cheese and tomato sauce —easy and yummy!

• Ready In: 30 mins
• Serves: 6

Ingredients

• 2  garlic cloves, minced
• 1⁄4 cup olive oil
•  baguette, sliced
• 8  ounces  goat cheese
• 1 -1 1⁄2 cup  marinara sauce or 1 -1 1⁄2 cup  pasta sauce
•  basil leaves, chopped (garnish) (optional)

Directions

1. Preheat conventional oven or toaster oven to 350°F
2. Mix together the garlic and olive oil and spread over bread slices and place on a baking sheet.
3. Pat the goat cheese into a 1/2-inch pancake and place in shallow baking dish.
4. Ladle tomato sauce into dish to come up to top edge of cheese (do not cover the cheese with sauce).
5. Bake, uncovered, until sauce begins to bubble at edges and cheese is hot, about 25 minutes. During last 10 minutes of baking, toast bread until golden brown.
6. Garnish cheese with basil if using.