Bright and tasty Italian crostini sandwiches will decorate any home party or holiday table. Crispy baguette slices or ciabattas are covered with pea pesto and decorated with halves cherry tomatoes. The taste of this sauce is much more tender and softer than that of traditional basil pesto. And he is preparing as simply: green peas with garlic, olive oil and parmesan whipped in a food processor to the consistency of mashed potatoes. Peas not requires preliminary cooking and fills the pesto with its sweetish вкусом. 
Time: 15 мин. Difficulty: Easy Servings: 4 – 6 The recipes use volumetric containers with a volume of: 1 glass (st.) – 240 ml. 3/4 cup (st.) – 180 ml. 1/2 cup (Art.) – 120 ml. 1/3 cup (st.) – 80 ml. 1/4 cup (st.) – 60 ml 1 tablespoon (tbsp.) – 15 ml. 1 teaspoon (tsp) – 5 ml
Ingredients for the recipe:
Crostini
- 8 slices (1 cm thick) whole grain baguette or ciabatta, preferably yesterday, * see Note
- 1/3 Art. olive oil
- 8 cherry tomatoes, cut in half, or 1 small diced tomato
Pesto
- 1 packet (280 gr.) Frozen green peas, defrost
- 1 clove of garlic
- 0.5 tbsp. grated parmesan
- 1 tsp coarse salt + optionally to taste
- 1/4 tsp ground black pepper + extra to taste
- 1/3 Art. olive oil
Recipes with similar ingredients: whole grain bread, bread ciabatta, toasts, cherry tomatoes, parmesan cheese, pesto sauce, peas
Recipe preparation:
- Pea Pesto: chop the peas in a food processor, garlic, parmesan, 1 tbsp. l salt and 1/4 tsp black pepper. Not stopping the combine, slowly pour in olive oil and whisk another 1-2 minutes. If necessary, salt and pepper to taste. Transfer to a small bowl.
- Crostini: Preheat the pan or grill pan to moderately high heat. Lubricate both sides of the slices with olive oil oil and fry until golden brown, about 1-2 minutes. Transfer the bread to a clean surface and spread each slice 1-2 Art. l cooked pea pesto.
- Garnish with tomato halves on top and serve with pea appetizer soup. Note * If you do not have at hand yesterday’s bread, you can dry fresh by putting slices in An oven preheated to 150 ° C for about 5 minutes.
