Medium Appetizer Bread Salad

Baked Caprese Crostini

Name: Baked Caprese Crostini
Prep time: 19 min
Cook time: 48 min
Total time: 67 min
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: Unknown
Ingredients: 1 large French baguette; 4 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil , divided; sea salt to taste; 5 large Roma tomatoes; 30 small slices fresh mozzarella cheese; 1 bunch fresh basil , leaves removed and coarsely chopped; ground black pepper to taste

Total Time

1h 7m

19m prep · 48m cook

Servings

4 people

Rating

—

Difficulty

Medium

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This baked caprese crostini recipe is not a salad, but an easy caprese on bread appetizer. Toasted slices of French bread are topped with Roma tomatoes, melted mozzarella, fresh basil, and extra-virgin olive oil in this baked caprese crostini recipe.

Ingredients

1 large French baguette
4 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil , divided
sea salt to taste
5 large Roma tomatoes
30 small slices fresh mozzarella cheese
1 bunch fresh basil , leaves removed and coarsely chopped
ground black pepper to taste

Instructions

1

Preheat the oven to 450 degrees F (230 degrees C).
2

Cut baguette into 30 slices; brush slices with 2 tablespoons olive oil on both sides. Arrange on a baking sheet; sprinkle with salt.
3

Toast in the preheated oven until light golden brown and crisp, about 5 minutes.
4

Meanwhile, cut each tomato into 6 slices.
5

Flip bread slices; top each with 1 slice each tomato and mozzarella. Sprinkle with salt.
6

Bake in the preheated oven until tomato is warmed through and mozzarella is melted, about 5 minutes.
7

Transfer crostini to a serving platter; sprinkle with basil. Drizzle with remaining 2 tablespoons olive oil; sprinkle lightly with salt and black pepper.