Pea Pesto Crostini

Name: Pea Pesto Crostini
Prep time: 45 min
Cook time: 45 min
Total time: 45 min
Yield: 6
Cuisine: Mediterranean, Italian, European
Ingredients: 0 teaspoons freshly ground black pepper, plus more to taste; 8 smalls cherry tomatoes, halved, or 1 small tomato, diced; 4 inches thick) slices whole-grain baguette or ciabatta bread, preferably day-old (see Cooks Note); 1 garlic clove; 158 milliliters olive oil; 118 milliliters freshly grated Parmesan cheese; 283 grams package frozen peas, thawed; 1 teaspoon salt, plus more to taste

You can never have too many hor d'oeuvre recipes, so give Pea Pesto Crostini a try. This recipe serves 6. This recipe covers 9% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. One portion of this dish contains roughly 6g of protein, 26g of fat, and a total of 292 calories. If you have garlic clove, cherry tomatoes, olive oil, and a few other ingredients on hand, you can make it. This recipe is typical of Mediterranean cuisine. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes roughly 45 minutes.

Instructions

For the pea pesto: Pulse together in a food processor the peas, garlic, Parmesan cheese, salt, and pepper. With the machine running, slowly add 1/3 cup of the olive oil and continue to mix until well combined, 1 to 2 minutes. Season with more salt and pepper, if needed.

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Parmesan

Salt And Pepper

Olive Oil

Garlic

Pepper

Pesto

Peas

Salt

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Transfer to a small bowl and set aside.

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Bowl

For the crostini: Preheat a stovetop griddle or grill pan over medium-high.

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Crostini

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Grill Pan

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Brush both sides of each of the bread slices with the remaining 1/3 cup olive oil and grill until golden, 1 to 2 minutes.

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Olive Oil

Bread

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Grill

Transfer the bread to a platter and spread 1 to 2 tablespoons pesto on each slice. Top each crostini with 2 tomato halves and serve.

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Spread

Tomato

Bread

Pesto

cook’s note

Day-old bread works best here because it stands up to the pea purée and isn’t too soft in the center. If you don’t have any on hand, you can dry out fresh bread by putting the slices in a 300°F oven until slightly crisp, about 5 minutes.

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Bread

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Taste

Book, using the USDA Nutrition Database