Roasted Garlic & Tomato W/ Goat Cheese

This is a wonderful appetizer that your family and friends will ooooooh and aaaaaaaah over. Enjoy!

• Ready In: 35 mins
• Serves: 4-6

Ingredients

• 1⁄8 cup extra virgin olive oil, enough to lightly coat
• 1  pint cherry tomatoes, rinsed and dried
• 2 -3  sprigs fresh rosemary
• 1  bulb of garlic, smashed to remove skins
• 1  baguette, loaf sliced into rounds
• 6 -8  ounces  goat cheese

Directions

1. Preheat oven to 400°.
2. Put whole tomatoes, whole peeled garlic cloves, springs of rosemary in a pie plate.
3. Drizzle with EVOO, enough to have 1/4" in the bottom of the pie plate.
4. Place in oven and roast until garlic is soft & mushy. Approx 15 minutes. Allow more time if the mixture is too "wet". Remove from oven.
5. Slice baguette into rounds. Brush one side of each round with olive oil from the garlic & tomato mixture. Pop under the broiler (middle rack of oven) until crunchy and lightly browned. approximately 3-5 minutes.
6. Remove rosemary springs, garlic and tomatoes from pie plate. (can leave some rosemary leaves behind), add all to a bowl for mashing.
7. Mash together tomatoes and garlic. Place in a small serving bowl.
8. Spread baguette rounds with goat cheese and top with tomato garlic mixture.