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Give your appetizers a heart-themed makeover with these adorable tomato, mozzarella, and basil Valentine Caprese Crostini. Perfect for Valentine’s Day.
Use the inside part of the tomato, which is not used for hearts, to make a delicious spread with garlic, sea salt and pepper.
Serve these crispy bites at a Valentine’s Day party or spoil your loved ones on anniversaries, birthdays, Mother’s Day, or Father’s Day.
Valentine Caprese Crostini
Ingredients
- 8 slices of baguette, or similar
- 2 tablespoons butter
- 2 tomatoes
- 2 fresh mozzarella balls
- 16 fresh basil leaves
- 1 clove of garlic
- 1 teaspoon sea salt
- pinch of pepper
- medium heart-shaped cookie cutter
- small heart-shaped cookie cutter
- grater
Instructions
- Slice the bread.
- Panfry the slices in butter on medium-high heat until light brown on both sides.
- Allow to cool.
- Cut the tomato four times along the outside skin. Repeat with the second tomato.
- Use the medium and small heart-shaped cutter to make your tomato hearts. It’s easier to pierce the tomato skin if you stick the cutter into the soft side of the tomato and press the cutter against the skin using your thumb and index fingers. If you get any odd pieces of tomato skin, you can trim them with a knife.
- Grate the remainder of the tomatoes and add one clove of minced garlic, a dash of sea salt and pepper.
- Slice the mozzarella.
- Make small and medium-sized hearts with the cutters.
- Spread the grated tomato mixture onto the crostini. Top with the medium mozzarella and tomato hearts, the smaller hearts and some basil leaves.
- Serve.
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