astray recipes: Two-onion toasts with pecorino cheese

Categories: None
Yield: 1 Servings

Measure	Ingredient
1	Sweet onion; finely diced
2 tablespoons	Snipped chives
2 tablespoons	Light mayonnaise
1½ tablespoon	Flour
5 tablespoons	Grated pecorino cheese
1 dash	Hot pepper sauce
⅛ teaspoon	Salt
	Freshly ground black pepper
32 slices	Baguette bread; about 2 inches wide by 1/4 inch thick
	Paprika; preferably sweet Hungarian

Combine onion, chives, mayonnaise, flour, cheese, hot pepper sauce, salt and pepper to taste in bowl. (Topping can be made 1 day ahead and refrigerated, tightly covered.) Stir well before using.

Spread each baguette slice with ½ tablespoon onion mixture. Place in single layer on baking sheet. (Toasts can be prepared few hours in advance and refrigerated.)

Sprinkle with paprika and bake at 450 degrees until lightly browned, about 12 minutes. Serve hot or warm.

32 toasts. Each toast: 29 calories; 67 mg sodium; 1 mg cholesterol; 1 gram fat; 5 grams carbohydrates; 1 gram protein; 0.04 gram fiber.

Posted to FOODWINE Digest by Leslie Duncan <duncan@...> on Dec 30, 1997

two-onion toasts with pecorino cheese