Ripe olive and goat cheese toasts

1 servings

Ingredients

QuantityIngredient
1cupFirmly packed pitted ripe olives; drained well
6ouncesSoft mild goat cheese
1smallGarlic clove; if desired, minced
; and mashed to a
; paste with 1/4
; teaspoon salt
3tablespoonsMinced scallion
Tabasco to taste
20Thin diagonal slices of French or Italian; toasted
; bread

Directions

In a food processor chop the olives, add the goat cheese, the garlic paste, the scallion, and the Tabasco, and blend the mixture until the olives are chopped fine. Spread the mixture evenly on the toasts, arrange the toasts on a baking sheet, and broil them under a preheated broiler about 2 inches from the heat for 1 minute, or until the cheese is just melted and glistening.

Makes 20 toasts.

Gourmet July 1990

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