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Roasted Onion and Garlic Crostino ~ Put a little love in your heart!

Connie Taylor
Servings 8 -10 Servings

Ingredients
  

  • 2 large onions
  • 6 garlic cloves
  • kosher salt may omit
  • fresh ground black pepper
  • olive oil for drizzling
  • 1 red bell pepper
  • 1 loaf of bread baguette style of your choice, sliced into 1 inch thick pieces
  • 1 half cup of fresh chopped herbs I used Oregano, Thyme, Basil, Parsley and Tarragon
  • Parmesan cheese for garnish

Instructions
 

  • Preheat oven to 400 degrees F.
  • Cut a quarter inch slice off the top and bottom of both onions.
  • Using a small spoon, scoop out a hole in the middle of of the top of each onion.
  • Place three whole garlic cloves in the hole of each onion.
  • Sprinkle a small amount of the salt and pepper on top of the onions.
  • Drizzle olive oil over the top and wrap both onions tightly in foil.
  • Place the onions and the red bell pepper on a foil lined baking sheet into the middle rack of the oven.
  • After thirty minutes, remove the pepper from the oven and wrap tightly in foil until the onions are done.
  • After 1 hour, the onions and garlic should be very soft and a knife should easily go through the center of them. Remove the onions from oven and allow to cool.
  • When they are easy to handle, place them and all the juices from the foil in a bowl and mash them with a potato masher or a fork until they are a paste like consistency.
  • Unwrap the pepper and peel the skin off and discard. Pull out the stem and seeds and discard them. Finely dice the cleaned pepper.
  • Place the bread slices on a baking sheet in the oven on the top rack and broil on low for two minutes.
  • Spread the onion and garlic mixture over the tops of the bread slices.
  • Sprinkle a generous portion of the fresh herbs over each piece of bread.
  • Add a spoon full of the diced red pepper to each one and top with a sprinkle of Parmesan.
  • Place the pan with the Crostino in the oven one last time under the broiler on low for two minutes.
  • Serve immediately.

Notes

Recipe by: Connie Murray @Happybellyfoodie.com