Thursday, February 7, 2013

Whipped Feta & Tomato Crostini

whipped feta & tomato crostini.heatheromade.
Tonight I am heading to wine club with some of my best girlfriends hosted by my friend Rose.  With wine you always need cheese, so I'll be bringing these whipped feta & tomato crostini. I prepared all of the components last night.  Chris taste-tested for me & confirmed that he "would order it again." So I packed everything up to-go.  I hope the girls like it.

Click through my recipe I adapted from Ina Garten's Tomato Crostini with Whipped Feta Recipe.



Ingredients
  • 6 ounces good feta cheese, crumbled
  • 2 ounces cream cheese, at room temperature
  • ⅔ cup good olive oil, divided
  • 2 Tbsp. freshly squeezed lemon juice
  • Kosher salt
  • Freshly ground black pepper
  • 2 Tbsp. balsamic vinegar
  • 2 pounds ripe heirloom tomatoes, ½"-diced
  • 3 Tbsp. julienned fresh basil leaves, plus extra for serving (I used dried basil because I didn't have fresh)
  • 2 tbsp fresh flat leaf parsley, chopped
  • 20 to 25 (½"-thick) diagonal baguette slices, toasted
Make it!
  1. Place feta & cream cheese in the bowl of a food processor fitted with a steel blade. Pulse until cheeses are mixed.
  2. Add ⅓ cup olive oil, lemon juice, ½ tsp. salt, & ¼ tsp. pepper & process until smooth. Refrigerate until ready to serve.
  3. For the tomato topping, up to an hour before serving, combine chopped tomatoes, garlic, vinegar, olive oil, 1 tsp salt, ½ tsp. pepper, basil & parsley together in a bowl. Let sit for at least ten minutes.
  4. To assemble crostini, spread each baguette slice with a generous amount of whipped feta.
  5. With a slotted spoon, place tomatoes on top. Sprinkle with basil (if you have it) & serve.
whipped feta & tomato crostini.heatheromade.
whipped feta & tomato crostini.heatheromade.


whipped feta & tomato crostini.heatheromade.

whipped feta & tomato crostini.heatheromade.

whipped feta & tomato crostini.heatheromade.

whipped feta & tomato crostini.heatheromade.

1 comment:

  1. That looks amazing!

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