tomato rubbed toast with ricotta, peas, & chorizo

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pa amb tomàquet (tomato rubbed toast) with campari tomatoes, ricotta, peas, & chorizo
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Yields: 12 crostini Approx. prep time: 20 min
 
Ingredients
  • ½ lb Village Farms sinfully sweet campari® tomatoes
  • ¼ cup Extra virgin olive oil
  • 1 Baguette
  • ½ lb Chorizo sausage, dry cured
  • 1 cup Ricotta
  • 1 cup English peas
  • ¼ cup Fresh Italian flat-leaf parsley, chopped
  • ¼ cup Fresh mint, chopped
  • 1 head Garlic
  • 1 Lemon, juice and zest
  • ½ tsp Peperoncino chili flakes
  • ½ tsp Black pepper
  • ¼ tsp Sea salt
Instructions
  1. Preheat oven to 475°F.
  2. Cut chorizo sausage into small diced cubes.
  3. Chop parsley and mint, fold half into the ricotta and reserve the rest for garnish.
  4. Zest the lemon into the ricotta and reserve the remaining lemon/juice to finish.
  5. Cut baguette into cross sections 1” thick and place on a sheet pan.
  6. Drizzle baguette slices with half of your olive oil.
  7. Toast baguette slices in oven at high heat until brown and crusty, 3–5 minutes.
  8. Rub each crusty slice of bread 2–3 swipes with a raw garlic clove.
  9. Cut Campari tomatoes in half and rub the cut surface of the tomato onto the crusty bread until it's mashed down to a paste on the bread. Do this for all the baguettes and lay them out on a sheet pan.
  10. Top each baguette slice with a dollop of the herbed ricotta. Pat down a flat spot, then drop a tablespoon each of diced chorizo and peas directly onto the ricotta.
  11. Top with the remaining lemon juice, chopped mint, and parsley.
  12. Season with salt and pepper, and transfer to a serving platter.

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