Ingredients

The following ingredients have 4 Servings
  • 1 cup fresh grape or cherry tomatoes, diced
  • 4 cloves garlic
  • salt to taste
  • 12 oz baguette bread (or 12 Crostini)
  • 5 leaves basil
  • Balsamic glaze
  • 4 oz Philadelphia cream cheese
  • 2 tbsp heavy cream
  • 1/4 tsp onion powder

Instruction

  • First, dice tomato and add to a medium sized bowl. If too much liquid accumulates, drain the juice or it'll make the bread soggy. Very ripe tomatoes will have a lot of juice.
  • Then, add peeled garlic cloves and salt to taste to the tomatoes. Let stand while you complete the rest of the recipe so the tomatoes can pick up the flavor of the garlic.
  • Meanwhile, add cream cheese, heavy cream and onion powder to a mixing bowl and mix until well combined. Set aside.
  • Next, stack the basil leaves. Roll them from the stem side. Cut from one of the round ends. Basil ribbons will be the result. Set aside.
  • Then, just before the tomatoes are ready, cut the baguette into 1 inch thick pieces.
  • Next, toast the baguette bread (or use Crostini.) You can use a toaster oven (quickest) or place them in a conventional oven on 375F for about ten minutes or until they brown on top.