Olive Paste and Blue Cheese Canapé

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Olive paste and blue cheese canapé

Ingredients

• 115g pitted cured black olives, plus some for garnish
• 1 clove garlic, smashed
• 2 tbsps pine nuts
• 3 tbsps olive oil
• 1 loaf long crusty bread, cut in ¼inch slices
• 200g blue cheese
• 1 roasted red pepper, cut in strips (to garnish)

Method

1. Place the olives, garlic, pine nuts and olive oil in a food processor and chop finely.
2. Spread thinly on bread slices.
3. Cover with blue cheese.
4. Decorate with a piece of roasted pepper or olive.
5. Don’t forget the canapé sticks!

Tomato, mozzarella and basil bruschetta

Makes 10

Ingredients

• 10 slices of coarse bread such as pugliese or sourdough
• 1 large clove garlic
• olive oil, for drizzling
• salad and freshly ground black pepper
• 10 plum or salad tomatoes, roughly chopped
• 10 tiny mozzarella cheeses, each cut into 3 pieces
• 2 tsp basil leaves, torn

Method

1. Grill the bread until crisp and then rub with garlic and a little pepper and drizzle with olive oil. Allow to cool.
2. Top each slice of bread with tomatoes and mozzarella and scatter over the basil.
3. Top with a little more oil, arrange on platter and serve.