One of the challenges of travel is coming home to an empty refrigerator. The only thing in my fridge that was worthy of consumption was some diet coke and some Parmesan cheese. So last night on my trip to Trader Joes, I picked up a few things, keeping in mind that I’m leaving for Pittsburgh on Wednesday night.
One of the things I picked up was a bag of focaccia rolls. I was inspired to use them this morning while watching Michael Chiarello make croutons. I sliced up one of the rolls into 1/2” slices. Then I drizzled some olive oil on them, sprinkled with kosher salt and pepper, and then hit them with the last of the Parmesan cheese that was in my fridge. These went into the oven for about ten minutes, just until the cheese had melted and the focacia was lightly toasted. It was delicious.
This gets me thinking that I might want to do something like this for Christmas eve. My sister and I are always trying to one-up each other with food. These crustini are incredible. The question is WHAT to serve with it? I’m wondering how to work horseradish into this.