Hey everyone, it’s Brad, welcome to my recipe page. Today, I’m gonna show you how to prepare a distinctive dish, crostini with italian greens 🌱. It is one of my favorites. This time, I will make it a little bit tasty. This will be really delicious.
Crostini with Italian Greens 🌱 is one of the most popular of recent trending foods in the world. It is enjoyed by millions daily. It is easy, it is fast, it tastes delicious. Crostini with Italian Greens 🌱 is something that I’ve loved my entire life. They are nice and they look fantastic.
Crostini with Italian Greens 🌱 Crostini is made by rubbing toasted slices of bread with a clove of fresh garlic. I served mine with sautéed greens but you could use mushrooms or chopped or grated tomatoes. The sautéed greens could also be served as an antipasti.
To begin with this particular recipe, we must first prepare a few components. You can cook crostini with italian greens 🌱 using 6 ingredients and 2 steps. Here is how you cook it.
The ingredients needed to make Crostini with Italian Greens 🌱:
- Make ready 1/2 of a baguette (I used a bake yourself bread)
- Prepare 2 cloves garlic
- Make ready 1 couple of handfuls of seasonal leafy greens
- Make ready 1 splash good olive oil
- Make ready 1/2 lemon
- Get 1 sprinkle of sea salt flakes
I served mine with sautéed greens but you could use mushrooms or chopped or grated tomatoes. The sautéed greens could also be served as an antipasti. See recipes for Crostini Appetisers, Crostini with Italian Greens 🌱 too. Crostini are a group of Italian appetizers consisting of small pieces of toasted or grilled bread topped with a variety of flavorful toppings.
Steps to make Crostini with Italian Greens 🌱:
- Slice the bread into 1cm slices and toast on each side. Rub each slice with a peeled of chopped garlic.
- Wash the greens and roughly chop. They don’t need to be fully dry. Slice a clove of garlic. Heat a little oil in a pan and lightly fry the garlic. You are aiming for it to stay translucent rather than brown. Add the chopped greens to the hot pan and cook until wilted. If you are using spinach this will only take a minute but harder greens like chard or kale will take a little longer. Season with salt and pepper and a squeeze of lemon.
Crostini are believed to have originated during the Middle Ages, when poor Italian peasants used to eat their food off of bread instead of plates. The bread was often stale, so it had to be soaked in a liquid such as wine to make it edible. What's the difference between Bruschetta and Crostini? Crostini is basically a smaller, mini version of Bruschetta: Grilled/toasted bread with toppings such as fresh tomato and basil (classic Tomato Bruschetta), vegetables, cured meats, seafood, antipasto, cheese - the possibilities are endless!. This classically Italian crostini is addictive.
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