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Crostini with Lemon-Basil Ricotta Spread
Ingredients
  • Lemon-Basil Ricotta Spread
  • 1   lemon
  • 2   fresh basil leaves
  • ½ cup (125 mL) ricotta cheese
  • 4 oz (125 g) goat cheese
  • ⅛ tsp (0.5 mL) each salt and black pepper
  • 1   French demi-baguette, cut into 16 slices, ½” (1 cm) thick
  • Olive oil for spritzing bread
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  • Variation Ingredients Finish
  • Walnut-Pear
  • 1     crisp pear or red apple, cut into16 thin slices with Simple Slicer on #2 setting, slices cut in half
  • 2     tbsp (30 mL) honey
  • 2tbsp (30 mL) dried cranberries
  • 2½  tbsp (37 mL) toasted chopped walnuts
  • Overlap two pear slice halves on each bread slice. Drizzle evenly with honey and sprinkle with cranberries and walnuts.
  • Prosciutto-Fig
  • ¼ cup (50 mL) fig spread or preserves
  • 1 oz  (30 g) prosciutto slices, cut in half
  • 1½  tbsp (22 mL) chopped fresh basil leaves
  • Spoon scant 1 tsp (5 mL) fig spread on each bread slice. Arrange prosciutto on top; sprinkle with chopped basil.
  • Lemon-Pepper Shrimp 16 medium shelled deveined cooked shrimp, (see cook’s tip for directions)
  • 2  tsp (10 mL) olive oil
  • 1 tbsp (15 mL) Lemon Pepper Rub
  • ½ cup (125 mL) loosely packed fresh baby arugula
  • Top each bread slice with 1 shrimp. Top with 1 to 2 arugula leaves.
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