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crostini (small toasted bread)

starter | serves Makes about 12
I've always thought of crostini as small bruschette but this isn't completely correct, as they are usually made with white bread instead of sourdough. I'm told that in the old days the bread would hav...

crostini - buffalo mozzarella and chilli

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Tear 3 x 150g balls of buffalo mozzarella into quarters, then top each of your hot crostini with one of the quarters. Deseed and finely chop a fresh red chilli and sprinkle this over the mozzarella. A...

crostini - mixed herbs

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Get any mixture of soft herbs like fennel tops, green or purple basil, parsley, mint, chervil, thyme tips or sorrel and roughly chop them. Take 6 cherry tomatoes and halve them, then rub one of the ha...

crostini - pea and broad bean purée with pecorino

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In a pestle and mortar or a food processor, smash up a small handful of mint leaves with 2 good handfuls of freshly podded peas and broad beans until they look like mushy peas. Add a large handful of ...

crostini - prosciutto, figs and mint

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Get yourself 6 large ripe figs, 12 slices of prosciutto and a small bunch of fresh mint. Tear the figs in half, then drape a piece of prosciutto over each of your hot crostini and squash a piece of fi...