My friend, Jenni, brought these over to share with us a few weeks ago, and I knew, immediately, that I would be recreating these crostinis as soon as possible. Saturday night seemed like the perfect opportunity. We haven't seen one of favorite couple friends in a long time and decided to do something about that. We missed Keith's birthday dinner, and their daughter, Owen, is turning 5 next week. So, we decided to celebrate.
The Barefoot Contessa's Tomato Crostinis were a huge hit. We ate every single one, and Owen loved them.
Here's what I used. I prepared everything early in the afternoon to allow the flavors to have time to come together and just assembled it when our guests arrived.
I mixed 2 Tablespoons red wine vinegar, 2 Tablespoons green onions (the recipe called for shallots, but honestly, I don't exactly know what shallots are and when I tried to call Jenni from Kroger, she didn't answer; I decided green onions would do the trick), and 2 teaspoons minced garlic.
Quartered grape tomatoes.
I mixed the grape tomatoes with the vinegar mix, added a 1/3 cup of olive oil, sea salt, pepper, and basil and let them soak.
In a food processor, I blended 6 oz of feta cheese with 2 oz of light cream cheese, 1/3 cup of olive oil, a freshly squeezed lemon, sea salt, and pepper.
All those toys, and this is what they choose to play with. :)
I sliced up a french bread baguette toasted the pieces on 425 degrees for 6 minutes, spread the whipped feta mixture, and topped with the tomatoes. They were heavenly. The flavors were perfect together. I could have stopped here and called it a night.
More playing before bedtime.
A cozy outdoor fire was the perfect accompaniment to a beautiful evening, incredibly delicious appetizers, and great friends.
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