Crunchy Italian crostini sandwiches – the perfect snack for home parties. Everyone loves them, they combine bright tastes, contrasting textures and spectacular presentation. Cook crostini with mint mashed green peas and pieces of prosciutto. You can make pea puree in advance and store in the refrigerator. BUT mix it with whipped cream immediately before serving, so that the mashed potatoes acquire an airy texture, lay it out on baguette slices fried and grated with garlic and garnish with slices ветчины. 
Time: 1 hour. 5 minutes. Difficulty: easy. Servings: 6-8. Measured containers are used in recipes. volume: 1 cup (st.) – 240 ml. 3/4 cup (st.) – 180 ml. 1/2 cups (st.) – 120 ml. 1/3 cup (st.) – 80 ml. 1/4 cup (Art.) – 60 ml. 1 tablespoon (tbsp.) – 15 ml. 1 teaspoon (tsp) – 5 ml.
Ingredients for the recipe:
Green Pea Puree
- 2 tbsp. chicken stock or water
- 1 tsp red pepper flakes
- 1 pack (450 gr.) Frozen peas
- 1/4 Art. chopped mint
- 3/4 tsp salt
- 0.5 tsp ground black pepper
- 0.5 tbsp. whipping cream
- 90 gr. prosciutto ham, diced
Crostini
- 1 baguette, sliced 1 cm thick.
- Olive oil to drizzle
- 3-4 cloves of garlic
Recipes with similar ingredients: broth, red pepper flakes, peas, mint, black pepper, cream, ham, prosciutto, baguette, garlic
Recipe preparation:
- Green peas: In a medium-sized saucepan on medium over high heat, heat chicken stock and red pepper flakes until the broth will not boil. Add frozen peas and cook until ready, about 5 minutes. Throw the peas in a colander.
- Put the peas in a food processor with mint, salt and pepper. Grind the pea mixture to a smoothie. Shift pea puree in a medium-sized bowl and refrigerate for about 30 minutes.
- In the meantime, cook the crostini: Preheat the oven to 190 ° C. Put the baguette slices in one layer on the laid parchment baking sheet. Bake in the oven until golden brown over edges, about 10 minutes. While the crocodiles are still warm, sprinkle them top with olive oil. Then take a clove of garlic and rub several times on the surface of each slice of bread to give it has a light garlic taste.
- For assembly, whip the cream until strong peaks form. Stir whipped cream into pea puree. Cover each crostini about 1 tbsp. l pea puree. Garnish with prosciutto slices. Serve immediately.
