Pear and Pesto Crostini

Ingredients

• •½ loaf bread
• •2 cups basil leaves
• •1 clove garlic
• •¼ cup pine nuts
• •¼ cup pecorino romano
• •3 tablespoons your best olive oil
• •salt and pepper
• •1 bosc pear

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Method

From foodista.com — read the original

1. 1Preheat oven to 400°F. Slice French loaf into 1/2-inch-thick slices, and brush (or spray, if you have one of those nifty Misto things) with olive oil.
2. 2Place slices on baking sheet and toast in oven for 10-15 minutes, or until edges are a deep golden brown.
3. 3Remove from oven and set aside.
4. 4While those are in the oven, make your pesto. In a food processor, combine basil leaves, garlic clove, pine nuts and Romano cheese. Pulse until pesto is coarse in texture, like coarse sand.
5. 5Add in olive oil and process until fully incorporated. Taste.
6. 6Add salt and pepper, if needed. Scrape pesto into a serving bowl or dish and set aside. (You should have about 3/4 cup.)
7. 7Spread pesto over crostini and top with pear and fresh ground black pepper, if desired.