Ladybirds (Tomato) Ladybeetles .
- 1 tiger baguette , french stick or bread stick of your choice .
- 1 some olive oil or butter or marge , your choice .
- 1 punnet cherry tomatoes .
- 1 punnet blueberries .
- 2 dozen fresh baby lettuce leaves . whole .
- 1 dozen thin slices of cheese of your choice . i used vintage .
- 1 few slices pastrami or cold meat of your choice .
- 1 few slices of prosciutto . optional .
- 1 dozen fresh basil leaves . whole .
- 1 dozen fresh oregano leaves . whole .
- 1 dozen sprigs of fresh corianda leaves . whole.
- 1 dozen fresh stevia sugar leaves . optional , whole .
- 1 dozen sprigs fresh parsley .
- 1/2 dozen fresh chives broke in half . i used garlic chives .
- 2 dozen fresh sprigs of dill .
- 1 tsp mayonnaise .
- 1 tsp vegemite . optional .
- 2 dozen pepper corn per baguette slice .
- 1 pinch salt per baguette slice .
- 1 few cracks of pepper per baguette slice .
- Slice baguette into about 1/2 inch slices and either butter , marg or lightly olive oil one side of each baguette slice .
- Place one or two whole baby lettuce leaves onto the prepared baguette slice to start the base .
- On half of the baguette slices with lettuce place a thin slice of cheese of your choice ontop of the lettuce leaves followed by a bit of the pastrami , prosciutto or cold meat of your choice ontop of the cheese slice .
- Now arrange the whole fresh basil , oregano , corianda , parsley , chives , and Stevia leaves ontop of all the prepared baguettes , with or without cold meat and cheese to create a leafy garden affect .
- Cut the cherry tomatoes in half now , using a toothpick or pointed object , either poke holes in the half cherry tomatoes and poke black pepper corns into the holes to create beetle dots or dip toothpick into the vegemite and dab onto the cherry tomato half to create beetle dots and carefully place the cherry tomato half onto the prepared baguette garden .
- using a clean toothpick or pointed object , dip the toothpick into the mayonnaise and carefully place two dots onto the blueberry as to create eyes for the beetle and carefully place the blueberry onto the prepared baguette in front of the cherry tomato as to create a head for the bug .
- Place a couple a sprigs of dill under or around the blueberry on the baguette as to make like the beetle is eating it .
- Sprinkle the prepared baguette beetles with salt and a few cracks of cracked pepper .
- NOTE : Don't add any cracked pepper to the end if you use cracked pepper to create the dots on the beetle back otherwise it will be too peppery .
- Arrange beetled baguettes on a platter and serve .
- enjoy .
- :-) .
baguette, olive oil, punnet cherry tomatoes, punnet blueberries, baby lettuce, your choice, cold meat, basil, oregano, corianda, fresh stevia sugar, parsley, chives, dill, mayonnaise, pepper, salt, cracks of pepper
Taken from cookpad.com/us/recipes/368981-ladybirds-tomato-ladybeetles (may not work)