Beef and Blue Cheese Crostini Recipe

Beef and Blue Cheese Crostini

• Marinade
• 3 cloves garlic, crushed
• ¹/₂ tsp. (2 mL) red pepper flakes
• generous amounts of freshly ground pepper
• 2 tsp. (10 mL) minced fresh rosemary leaves
• ¹/₄ C. (50 mL) Crisco^® Pure Vegetable Oil
• ¹/₂ lb (250 g) thinly sliced rare roast beef
• Crostini
• ¹/₃ C. (75 mL) Crisco^® Pure Vegetable Oil
• 3 cloves garlic, crushed
• 1 tsp. (5 mL) salt
• freshly ground black pepper to taste
• 1 baguette sliced into ¹/₃-inch (1 cm) slices
• Blue Cheese Topping
• 4 oz (125 g) cream cheese, softened
• ¹/₄ C. (50 mL) sour cream or blue cheese salad dressing
• ¹/₄ C. (50 mL) crumbled blue cheese plus more for garnish
• salt and pepper to taste
• chopped fresh Italian parsley