and here it is...
Yup... isn't she lovely? Honestly there are many tomato and basil heavens for your mouth. Whaaaa you ask? duh... tomato and basil just do work. good, heavely, extra tasty, dance in your mouth kinda work. tomato, basil, herb cheese, and balsamic glaze to top extra virgined skinni french bread loaf slices. long name... taste bud happiness. I suppose I could just call it a Caprese on toast. But where would the fun in that be?
Let's get to that recipe business
THIS STUFF
TO DIE FOR
chea, i put it in just about everything. homemade mac n cheese, on hot samiches, in my alfredo sauce, SOMETIMES even add a lil to my red sauce. chea. get some!
Ingredients n stuff:
- 2 baguettes -you could get one depending on how hungy you are. I NEVER get one.
- 1 box boursin cheese... or two if you're not poor like me.
- if you are poor like me, get some whipped cream cheese. as much as you want depending on how much you want to dilute the herb cheese amazingness.
- 1/4 cup extra virgin olive oil
- box or bag of cherry or grape tomatoes
- bunch of basil
Recipe n stuff
- slice the baguettes on a angle into 1/4 inch slices.
- grab a bowl and pour some evoo (as Rachel would say) in. dunk one side of your sliced baguette pieces into the oil. (you can sub with vegi oil)
- place pieces of baguette onto a sheet pan and broil for 2-3 mins. once the bread is golden brown take out and cool for a few.
- top the slices with the beautiful herb cheese or your herb chez and cream chez mixture.
- top with tomatoes and then the beautiful basil!
- and don't forget the glaze!
so you know that wonderful stuff called balsamic glaze? easy peasy my friends. if you haven't made it yet, YOU SHOULD. I top grilled vegis, steaks, chickens and fruity desserts with it all the time... it's a good pretty topper.
Recipe as follows:
- 1 cup balsamic vinegar
- 2 tbsp sugar
place ingredients together in a small sauce pan, bring to a boil and then simmer until sauce reduces by half and the mixture is now a syrupy consistancy. top your beautiful caprese toasts. do it. now. I promise, you'll be glad you did!
