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Prep Time: 15 Minutes Cook Time: 10 Minutes |
Ready In: 25 Minutes Servings: 30 |
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A baguette of French bread is cut into slices and toasted with roma tomato and fresh mozzarella cheese slices, then sprinkled with snipped fresh basil leaves and drizzled with extra-virgin olive oil. Ingredients:
1 large french baguette (15 inches long), sliced 1/2-inch thick |
2 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil |
sea salt to taste |
5 roma (plum) tomatoes, sliced |
1 1/4 pounds fresh mozzarella cheese, sliced |
1 bunch fresh basil, leaves removed and coarsely chopped |
2 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil |
ground black pepper to taste |
Directions:
1. Preheat oven to 450 degrees F (230 degrees C).
2. Arrange slices of baguette onto a baking sheet and brush both sides of each slice with 2 tablespoons olive oil. Sprinkle with sea salt.
3. Toast the bread in the preheated oven until lightly golden brown and crisp, about 5 minutes. Flip the bread slices over and top each slice with a slice of tomato and a slice of mozzarella cheese. Sprinkle with salt.
4. Return crostini to the oven and bake until tomato and mozzarella slices are warmed through, about 5 more minutes.
5. Arrange the crostini onto a serving platter and sprinkle with basil. Drizzle with remaining 2 tablespoons olive oil and sprinkle lightly with more sea salt and black pepper.
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