Pizzeria Crostini

Submitted by KelBel

"A simple appetizer. Leave off the pepperoni for a vegetarian version."

 

• Ready In: 15mins
• Ingredients: 8
• Serves: 24

ingredients

• 1 French baguette
• 6 tablespoons olive oil
• 2 garlic cloves, peeled
• 8 roma tomatoes, cut into 6 slices
• 24 basil leaves
• 48 slices pepperoni
• 24 slices mozzarella cheese
• 12 teaspoons grated parmesan cheese

directions

1. Slice the baguette into 24 slices.
2. Brush olive oil on both sides of each slice.
3. Toast bread 3 inches from broiler for 1 minute per side.
4. Rub one side of each piece of bread with peeled garlic clove.
5. Top each slice of bread with 2 slices of tomato, 1 fresh basil leave, 2 slices of pepperoni, 1 slice of mozzarella, and 1/2 tsp grated Parmesan.
6. Bake at 400 degrees for one minute, until cheese melts.

Reviews

[CookingONTheSide]

Excellent! I made this as an appetizer for an Italian dinner I made for company and everyone loved them. I didn't make any changes to the recipe and it came out perfectly. Thanks for a great recipe and congratulations on winning the football pool last week!

 

[podapo]

#1, Congrats on your win in the football pool !! These were really interesting and different. I just realized I made a HUGE mistake on preparing this so want to make again, and will come back and adjust my review accordingly. Stand by!!

 

[Nimz_]

I totally agree with Evelyn. It just doesn't get much better. I did chop the basil leaves and left the pepperoni off of mine but added it to Dave's. I didn't use french baguettes but Rita's <a href="/175061">Australian Cheese, Garlic and Chive Damper</a> which had just come out of the oven. It added great flavor to this simple snake, which ended up being dinner for us. thanks Kelbel

 

[Marlene.]

Absolutely LOVE these!!! Very easy to put together and such a delicious snack!! I will admit , I didn't measure the parmesan cheese ;) but other than that , stuck right to the recipe! I had NO CLUE you could get such a zippy garlic flavor just by rubbing a peeled clove over something! Awesome!! Thanks so much for posting!!

 

[evelynathens]

This was such a wonderful snack for us the other night! I did leave off the pepperoni and followed the rest of the recipe. We all gobbled up all 24 servings (there are 5 of us). Nothing I can really say except that it can't get much better than the last of the really good, vine-ripened tomatoes, prepared simply with fresh basil and lots of gooey, melty cheese. Comfort heaven!