Baked Caprese Salad recipe

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Ingredients

1 large French baguette (15 inches long), sliced 1/2-inch thick
2 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil
sea salt to taste
5 roma (plum) tomatoes, sliced
1 ¼ pounds fresh mozzarella cheese, sliced
1 bunch fresh basil, leaves removed and coarsely chopped
2 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil
ground black pepper to taste

Nutrition Info

233.2 calories
carbohydrate: 18.9 g
cholesterol: 29.8 mg
fat: 12.3 g
fiber: 1.1 g
protein: 10.7 g
saturatedFat: 6.1 g
servingSize: -
sodium: 273.4 mg
sugar: 2.2 g
transFat: : -
unsaturatedFat: : -

Directions

  1. Preheat oven to 450 degrees F (230 degrees C).

  2. Arrange slices of baguette onto a baking sheet and brush both sides of each slice with 2 tablespoons olive oil. Sprinkle with sea salt.

  3. Toast the bread in the preheated oven until lightly golden brown and crisp, about 5 minutes. Flip the bread slices over and top each slice with a slice of tomato and a slice of mozzarella cheese. Sprinkle with salt.

  4. Return crostini to the oven and bake until tomato and mozzarella slices are warmed through, about 5 more minutes.

  5. Arrange the crostini onto a serving platter and sprinkle with basil. Drizzle with remaining 2 tablespoons olive oil and sprinkle lightly with more sea salt and black pepper.

Recipe Yield

30 crostini

Recipe Note

A baguette of French bread is cut into slices and toasted with roma tomato and fresh mozzarella cheese slices, then sprinkled with snipped fresh basil leaves and drizzled with extra-virgin olive oil.

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