Italian Veg Crostini Recipes. Quick Vegetarian Bruschetta Topping Ideas. Crostini is one of the most attractive starters, something nobody has the will power to refuse! Crostini literally means ‘little crusts’ in Italian. These are dainty-looking appetizers made of crisped bread topped with attractive ingredients. A crostini is usually buttered or brushed with olive oil before topping it, so as to give it a richer mouth-feel. Try How To Make A Basic Crostini. In fact, you can just sprinkle some herbs on the buttered crostini and enjoy it as a light snack – even this tastes awesome!
Usually crostini uses a combination of cheese and toppings, so that the toppings are bound properly to the crostini. Try Grilled Crostini with Cream Cheese Dip, Burrata Cheese and Cherry Tomato Crostini and Burrata Cheese and Basil Garlic Crostini. Alternatively a sauce, salsa or smashed avocadoes can be used to hold the toppings together like Avocado and Cherry Tomato Crostini.
Choosing ingredients with contrasting textures gives the crostini an exciting mouth-feel, for example, Ricotta and Cherry Tomato Crostini, or Avocado and Coconut Crostini. You can also pick colourful ingredients like carrots, capsicum, tomatoes and spring onions to give the crostini an irresistible visual appeal. You can also try combining fruits with savoury cheeses and seasonings to widen the spectrum of flavours like in Mango and Burrata Cheese Crostini
We introduce you to the basics of making crostini, and also a choice of attractive crostinis with toppings that are ideal for parties. But, you can always be innovative and combine toppings of your choice depending on the preferences of your family and guests, or based on what is available at home at the moment!
Start off with these recipes, and you are sure to continue on a long engagement with not just crostinis but Italian cooking itself. You can explore more crostinis and Italian recipes on our mobile app and website.
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