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Olive Crostini

Olive Crostini

Here is a quick and easy appetizer, tasty and fun to make. Preparing these today for an afternoon barbeque I was assisted by my sous-chef Alden, of Carlisle, Massachusetts. Aldie is just about 6 years old and loves to help out; she is especially good helping me find things in an unfamiliar kitchen, opening cans of olives with the can opener, spreading olive paste on baguette slices, and serving the finished work to her guests. Thanks Alden and thank you Heidi (Alden's mom) for the recipe!

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Olive Crostini Recipe

  • Prep time: 15 minutes
  • Cook time: 2 minutes

Ingredients

  • 1/2 cup black olives
  • 1/2 cup green olives with pimientos
  • 2 medium cloves garlic
  • 1/2 cup fresh grated Parmesan cheese
  • 4 Tbsp butter
  • 2 Tbsp olive oil
  • 1/2 cup Monterey jack cheese, grated
  • 1/4 cup fresh parsley, chopped
  • 1 baguette

Method

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Chop olives in a food processor. Transfer to medium bowl. With machine running, drop garlic through the feed tube of the food processor and mince. Add Parmesan, butter, and olive oil, and process into a paste. Add butter mixture to bowl with olives. Fold in jack cheese and parsley. Cut baguette into thin slices and spread each slice generously with olive mixture. Cook under broiler until bubbly and lightly browned - about 2 minutes.

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Serve right out of oven. Helps to make olive mixture in advance and spread right before you put in the oven.

Yield: Makes approximately 24 toasts.

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14 Comments

Such cute photos of your little friends! You're right - this sounds easy and delicious! And it's a lot of ingredients that I often have on-hand.

Posted by: Beth - The Zen Foodist on September 26, 2005 2:56 PM

Those look delicious and the pictures are so adorable!

Posted by: Lady Amalthea on September 26, 2005 3:21 PM

Hi Beth and LA - Anything, anything I can do to encourage kids to learn to enjoy cooking instead of begging for heated up frozen chicken fingers, I will do. I'm blessed to have friends who have kids who love to "help out" in the kitchen, especially if they can eat some of what we make. :-)

Posted by: Elise on September 27, 2005 9:11 PM

I made these, and am going to be making them again this week! They are soooo yummy! The recipe is perfect, I wouldn't change a thing.

Posted by: Betsy on October 31, 2005 10:39 AM

This is a great recipe! I just made these with a slight variation: I can't get monterey jack in France so I used diced fresh mozzarella, and I added chopped fresh basil. It was really good!

Posted by: ChezMegane on March 5, 2006 3:19 AM

I made these, do you think rinsing the olives a bit would help make it less salty??

Posted by: Krystal on December 18, 2006 9:56 AM

I have been making this since last yearand I love it! Costco has an excellent Olive Tapenade that I use for a quick appetizer with crackers.

Finally decided to use the tapenade for this recipe and it was even better(which I didnt think was possible!)

Posted by: Jen on August 25, 2007 11:49 AM

I made this last week and it is to die for! Perfect blend of flavors. Thanks for sharing!

Posted by: Kathleen in Austin, TX on October 5, 2007 12:06 PM

I love this recipe! I made it once last night and found it so delicious that I couldn't help but make it again. It's a great appetizer at a dinner party, and a totally satisfying snack too. Yum!

Posted by: Helana on August 12, 2008 8:27 PM

Love, love, love this recipe -- as have my guests, young & old. Easy to make, inexpensive appetizer that adds pizzaz to basic everyday olives. Used a tad less butter. I'm also wondering if anyone has experience freezing & using small amounts as needed?

Posted by: Lorie on December 27, 2009 1:47 PM

Made these for a party recently and they were a big hit - so much so I didn't even get a chance to try one! Thanks for the great recipe :)

Posted by: Susie on June 4, 2010 11:58 AM

Made this last night when a few friends popped in! I had everything on hand and it came together quick. The spread was DELICIOUS! All my friends loved it as well and asked for the recipe. I've directed them to Simply Recipes, of course :)

Posted by: Sandra on December 19, 2010 12:41 PM

Can I just say, that I always think of this wonderful appetizer whenever I invite people over? I just love the taste of olives, garlic (did I not forget to say "garlic"?!), parsley, and cheese, all on the crunchy piece of bread. Sooo good. A little piece of heaven. I absolutely love it, and so does everyone that ever tried (and ate it) at my house. Thanx a lot!

Posted by: jelena on January 10, 2011 1:26 PM

This is a killer appetizer! I make this everytime I have friends coming over or bring it with me whenever I'm invited, it's sooo goooood! And totally addictive as well. I used Gouda cheese as I live in Belgium and we don't have Monterey jack cheese here but I think those are quite similar. Thanks sooo much for this recipe! Just thinking about it makes me dribble ^_^

Posted by: Sun Jae on March 23, 2011 1:45 AM

I apologize for the inconvenience, comments are closed. ~Elise

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