Although the weather is still a bit cool, the sunlight already makes us feel in the middle of spring and we want to eat with many colors. That is why it occurred to me to prepare today, some toast or tomato, cheese and basil crostinis. It is basically toast with a variety of ingredients of your choice that are placed on top. They say that they arose many years ago to avoid having to wash the dishes, let's say that there is no way to continue with the good traditions. Excellent and simple option for an aperitif.
Preparation time: 15 minutes
Ingredients:
- 4 slices of round bread
- 12 slices of brie cheese
- 1 sachet of dehydrated tomatoes
- 1 tablespoon minced garlic
- black olives
- 20 basil leaves
Preparation:
We will put the tomatoes in olive oil in advance, the night before if possible. We could also speed up the process by placing the tomato and oil preparation with a little water in a saucepan and leaving them on the fire until they are tender.
When they have hydrated by the method you choose, we add the minced garlic and salt and leave on the fire for about 4 minutes.
On the other hand we brush the slices of bread with olive oil and place them to toast on both sides on the oven rack. While we chop the tomatoes with about twelve basil leaves. Cut the olives into thin slices and the cheese into 1 cm thick slices.
We just need to assemble the crostini. For that, on the toast, we first arrange a good portion of tomatoes, three slices of cheese and some slices of olives. We take a few minutes to the oven that will still be hot until the cheese is softened, but it does not melt.
Take out and garnish with two basil leaves. Yes, our appetizer is ready! Super simple, right? We can have a vermouth with ice and lemon prepared at the foot of the oven !!!!!
