Olive Crostini

Name: Olive Crostini
Prep time: 17 min
Cook time: 17 min
Total time: 17 min
Yield: 24
Cuisine: Mediterranean, Italian, European
Ingredients: 118 milliliters black olives, pitted; 118 milliliters green olives with pimientos; 2 medium cloves garlic; 118 milliliters fresh grated Parmesan cheese; 4 Tbsps butter; 2 Tbsps extra virgin olive oil; 118 milliliters Monterey jack cheese, grated; 59 milliliters fresh parsley, chopped; 1 baguette

You can never have too many Mediterranean recipes, so give Olive Crostini a try. This recipe covers 3% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. One portion of this dish contains around 2g of protein, 6g of fat, and a total of 81 calories. This recipe serves 24. It works best as a hor d'oeuvre, and is done in approximately 17 minutes. This recipe from Simply Recipes requires olives, parsley, garlic, and monterey jack cheese.

Instructions

Make olive mixture: Chop the olives in a food processor.

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Olives

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Transfer to medium bowl. With machine running, drop garlic through the feed tube of the food processor and mince.

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Garlic

Ground Meat

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Add Parmesan, butter, and olive oil, and process into a paste.

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Olive Oil

Parmesan

Butter

Add butter mixture to bowl with olives. Fold in jack cheese and parsley.

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Butter

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Cut baguette into thin slices and spread each slice generously with olive mixture.

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Olives

Broil: Cook under broiler until bubbly and lightly browned - about 2 minutes.

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Serve right out of oven. Helps to make olive mixture in advance and spread right before you put in the oven.

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Servings:

118milliliters

black olives, pitted 118milliliters

green olives with pimientos 2medium cloves

garlic 118milliliters

fresh grated Parmesan cheese 4Tbsps

butter 2Tbsps

extra virgin olive oil 118milliliters

Monterey jack cheese, grated 59milliliters

fresh parsley, chopped 1

baguette

Recommended wine: Chianti, Sparkling Rose, Sparkling Wine, Trebbiano, Verdicchio

Crostini works really well with Chianti, Sparkling rosé, and Sparkling Wine. If you're serving a selection of appetizers, you can't go wrong with these. Both are very food friendly and complement a variety of flavors. One wine you could try is Castello di Monsanto Il Poggio Chianti Classico Riserva. It has 4.8 out of 5 stars and a bottle costs about 40 dollars.