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                         Crostini Rossi (Weir)

Recipe By     : You Say Tomato (1998) Joanne Weir*
Serving Size  : 6    Preparation Time :0:25
Categories    : Appetizers

 Amount  Measure       Ingredient -- Preparation Method
--------  ------------  --------------------------------
  2      large         ripe tomatoes -- peeled and cored
                       seeded and chopped
  1      slice         sourdough bread
  3      tablespoons   red wine vinegar
  3      tablespoons   extra virgin olive oil -- divided
  1      tablespoon    capers
  1                    garlic clove -- chopped
  3      tablespoons   chopped fresh flatleaf parsley
  2      teaspoons     chopped fresh thyme
  1      pinch         crushed red pepper flakes
                       salt and pepper
  6      large         bread slices -- preferrably
                       country-style bread -- sliced
                       quarter-inch thick
         sprigs        flatleaf parsley
         sprigs        thyme

Place tomatoes in a strainer set over a bowl and let drain 15 minutes.

Put sourdough bread slice on a plate and drizzle with the vinegar. Let so 1
minute, then gently wring out. put bread slice, 2 tablespoons of the olive
oil, capers, garlic, chopped parsley, chopped thyme, crushed red pepper,
and tomatoes in a food processor and pulse a few times. Season with salt
and pepper.

Preheat oven to 425F. Brush bread slices lightly with remaining 1
tablespoon oil and toast in oven until golden on each side. Spread tomato
mixture on top. Garnish with parsley and thyme sprigs, and serve
immediately. Serves 6.

[Per serving: Calories 192 (40% from fat), Fat9 g (1 g saturated), Protein
S go Carbohydrate 24 g, fiber 2 g, Cholesterol O mg, Iron 2 mg, Sodium 307
mg, Calcium 56 mg]

*Recipes adapted from You Say Tomato, 1998 by Joanne Weir (Bantam Doubleday
Dell). Reprinted September, 1998 Health (Magazine from Time, Inc.).
Mcrecipe by [email protected] 1998


Notes: With a small knife, cut shallow crosses in the ends of the tomatoes,
drop them into boiling water. After 20 seconds, remove with tongs or a
slotted spoon. Let cool. Over a sieve that straddles a bowl, slip off the
skins. Give each tomato a thorough squeeze. Remove seeds. Reserve juice for
other purposes.

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