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Pesto And Smoked Trout Crostini

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Pesto And Smoked Trout Crostini

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Recipe summary

This simple and delicious appetizer can be assembled in minutes. The crostini can be served on its own as an hors d’oeuvres.

Preparation time:
Cooking time:
Yield: 4

Ingredients

Pesto

  • 2 cups basil leaves (500 ml)
  • 2 cloves of garlic (depending on your taste)
  • 1/4 cup pine nuts (60 ml)
  • 1/4 walnuts (60 ml)
  • 1/4 cup parmesan or romano cheese (60 ml – 125 ml)
  • 1/2 cup olive oil (125 ml)
  • 2 tablespoons lemon juice (30 ml)
  • coarse salt and pepper, to taste

Smoked Trout Crostini with Mesculin Salad

  • 1 demi-baguette, sliced on the diagonal into twelve, ½ inch thick slices
  • 1 tablespoon extra virgin olive oil (15 ml)
  • 1 garlic clove, peeled
  • 3 ounces store-bought smoked trout, skinned and broken into 12 pieces (84 g)
  • 2 tablespoons red wine vinegar (30 ml)
  • 4 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil (60 ml)
  • Salt and pepper, to taste
  • 4 handfuls of mesculin salad mix, approximately 4 oz (125 g)


Directions

Pesto

  1. Combine basil, pine nuts and walnuts in a blender, turn on and slowly add olive oil. As mixture loosens, add garlic to taste.
  2. Slowly add cheese and lemon juice. Continue to blend. If you desire a looser pesto just add more oil. Season with salt and pepper.

Smoked Trout Crostini with Mesculin Salad

  1. Preheat an oven to 325°F.
  2. Lay the bread slices on a baking sheet and brush with the extra-virgin olive oil.
  3. Bake the bread in the preheated oven until starting to turn golden, approximately 6 to 8 minutes.
  4. Remove the bread from the oven and lightly rub each slice with the clove of garlic.
  5. Place a small mound of pesto on each slice of bread and top with a piece of the smoked trout.
  6. In a small bowl whisk the extra-virgin olive oil into the vinegar. Season the vinaigrette with salt and pepper.
  7. Just before serving, toss the mesculin salad mix with the vinaigrette and place a small mound on a plate.
  8. Garnish the salad with three of the crostini’s and serve.

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Lynn Crawford will do whatever it takes to get at the best, freshest ingredients in the world. She’ll take on any challenge, relying on locals to show her how it’s done.

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