Grilled Gorgonzola Toasts with Sweet Peppers
- 2 garlic cloves, peeled
- 1/3 cup olive oil
- 1 large baguette
- 1 red bell pepper, seeded and sliced into thin strips
- 1 yellow bell pepper, seeded and sliced into thin strips
- 4 plum tomatoes, halved and grilled
- 3 tablespoons julienned fresh basil leaves
- 2 tablespoons balsamic vinegar
- 1 tablespoon capers, drained
- Kosher salt
- Freshly ground black pepper
- 4 ounces creamy Gorgonzola or other blue cheese, at room temperature
- Preheat a grill to 375F (or turn on the broiler).
- Place the garlic cloves and olive oil in a saucepan, and heat gently for 1 to 2 minutes, to flavor the oil (be careful not to burn the garlic or it will turn acrid and bitter).
- Discard the garlic.
- Cut the baguette into 1/2 inch thick slices, brush the slices lightly with the garlic oil (you will have some left over) and grill them (or toast them) until crisp, 1 to 2 minutes.
- Set the bread aside, uncovered, so that it will remain crisp while you prepare the vegetables.
- Slice the bell peppers lengthwise into 1/2 inch thick slices.
- Brush the bell peppers and tomato halves with the remaining garlic oil, and grill or broil on both sides until lightly charred but still firm.
- Cool the vegetables for several minutes before roughly chopping and tossing them in a bowl with the basil, vinegar, capers, salt and pepper to taste, and any remaining oil.
- Slather the toasts with the softened Gorgonzola, and top each one with a spoonful of the grilled pepper-and-tomato mixture and a grinding of black pepper.
garlic, olive oil, baguette, red bell pepper, yellow bell pepper, tomatoes, basil, balsamic vinegar, capers, kosher salt, freshly ground black pepper, cheese
Taken from www.epicurious.com/recipes/food/views/grilled-gorgonzola-toasts-with-sweet-peppers-375279 (may not work)