This crostini recipe comes from Light and Healthy and is the last installment in a series of crostini recipes.
This cookbook is all about healthy alternatives without taking away the taste. The two ingredients that make it healthier in this particular crostini recipe is olive oil spray for the toast and cottage cheese as opposed to ricotta or other hearty cheeses for the dip.
All and all it’s pretty simple, but can be a bit time consuming if you’re the only one making it.
What you’ll need
- 1 large Baguette, cut on the bias into 1/2 inch thick slices
- 2 large garlic cloves, 1 peeled, 1 peeled and minced
- Olive oil spray
- 12 ounces 1 percent cottage cheese (1 1/2 cups)
- 1 10 ounce box of frozen spinach
- 1/4 cup fresh basil leaves
- 1 ounce of Parmesan cheese, grated (1/2 cup)
- 1 tablespoon of basil
- 1 tablespoon of olive oil
- pinch cayenne pepper
First step is to make our spinach concoction by mixing the cottage cheese, spinach, 1/4 cup of Parmesan, basil, lemon juice, oil garlic and cayenne in a food processor. This should only take about a minute or so. Once the mixture looks smooth, transfer it to a bowl and season with salt and pepper. Then cover and let it sit for about an hour.
While you let the mixture soak in it’s flavor, go ahead and prepare the crostini by heating up the oven to 400 degrees. Arrange the toasts on a baking sheet in a single layer and cook for about 8-10 minutes once the oven has reached 400.
Be sure to turn the toasts over about halfway through as well so both sides get a nice crisp to it.
When the toast is ready spread garlic on one side of each toast and then spray with olive oil.
If it’s been an hour since you left your spinach dip go ahead and spread a tablespoon of it on each crostini, sprinkle it with Parmesan, and viola, you’re ready to mangia!
I don’t have much to say on this one. It’s a simple recipe and it was good. Not my favorite of the crostini series, though. I think I prefer my spinach paired with some nasty fattening cheese sadly.
Still glad I tried it and it’s not a bad alternative to nasty fatty cheese.
thehermitfool 