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Crostini

Crostini, an Italian appetizer, is crusty bread with different delicious toppings. Here we’ve highlighted fresh tomatoes, basil and mozzarella.

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Prep Time 15 min
Total Time 23 min
Servings 12

Ingredients

12: slices Italian bread, each 1/2 inch thick

1/4: cup olive or vegetable oil

1: large tomato, chopped (1 cup)

3: tablespoons chopped fresh basil leaves

1: tablespoon large capers or chopped ripe olives

1/2: teaspoon salt

1/2: teaspoon pepper

12: slices (1 ounce each) mozzarella cheese

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Directions

1 Heat oven to 375ºF. Place bread slices on ungreased cookie sheet. Drizzle 1 teaspoon oil over each bread slice.
2 Mix tomato, basil, capers, salt and pepper. Spread half of the tomato mixture over bread slices; top each with cheese slice. Spread remaining tomato mixture over cheese.
3 Bake about 8 minutes or until bread is hot and cheese is melted. Serve hot.

EXPERT TIPS

Expert Tips

Prepare and refrigerate tomato topping up to 24 hours ahead. Assemble crostini for baking no longer than 1 hour ahead or the bread will get soggy.

Capers are flower buds from the Mediterranean caper bush. These small buds are picked, dried in the sun and pickled in vinegar brine. They make great additions to salads and appetizers, such as this crostini.

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Nutrition Information

NUTRITION INFORMATION PER SERVING

Serving Size: 1 Serving

Calories: 175
Calories from Fat: 90 ),

% Daily Value

Total Fat: 10 g; 10 %
(Saturated Fat 4 g, 4 % ),
Cholesterol: 15 mg; 15 %;
Sodium: 380 mg; 380 %;
Total Carbohydrate: 12 g; 12 %
(Dietary Fiber 1 g 1 % ),
Protein: 10 g; 10 %

% Daily Value*:

Vitamin A: 6%;
Vitamin C: 4%;
Calcium: 22%;
Iron: 4%;

Exchanges:

1 Starch; 1 High-Fat Meat;

*Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.

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Posted 12/30/2010 8:11:02 AM REPORT ABUSE SueBakes said:

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Simply delightful. This is the perfect appetizer if you don't have much time to prepare. The topping of fresh tomato, basil, mozzarella, capers is excellent on a pizza. So if you buy refrigerated pizza dough from the supermarket - you have another meal for any left over topping!

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Posted 4/30/2010 9:45:46 AM REPORT ABUSE suzzyque3 said:

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Fabulous !!! However, I used sliced onion, and sliced tomato,and sliced fresh mozzarella, really, really, really, GOOD!!!.

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Posted 12/28/2007 8:35:33 AM REPORT ABUSE CookingInMN said:

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Pretty good. My bread was a little soggy due to the juice from the tomato, even after broiling it. I think next time I will broil the bread for a few minutes, add the toppings and then broil for a few more minutes to avoid this happening again.

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