[music playing]
OK.
So now I just want
to drizzle them
with a little bit of olive
oil, just 'cause it helps
create that nice golden crust.
Just a tiny bit.
Give it a little moisture.
And then I'm gonna put
it on my hot grill pan--
[sizzling]
so we get nice grill marks
on it, just like that.
While that grills,
time to make the pesto.
So we're gonna use some
peas for the pesto.
This is a little bit different.
And we're not gonna add
any nuts in it either.
We're gonna make this really
clean and really easy.
One and a half cups of
peas that I defrosted.
And we need some garlic,
and one clove is plenty.
You want to flavor the
pesto, and I've always
got garlic laying around.
And that's what's so great
with all the things I'm
making today, ingredients
that you would
have laying around the house.
And you just kind of throw
them together and create
this really gourmet yummy meal.
Get rid of that.
I'm just gonna cut
the garlic in half,
and then the food processor
can do all the rest.
And we need a little
salt and pepper.
And now we need to grab
some Parmesan cheese.
We need to get it
nice and cheesy.
And I've got some
pre-grated Parmesan cheese.
And I just need about
a half a cup, so we'll
fill that right in there.
You need some cheese to really
bind the pesto together,
and it gives it lots of flavor.
There we go.
So Parmesan cheese, we're gonna
give this a quick little whirl.
And then we're gonna
add the olive oil.
[processing]
So let's add a third
of a cup of olive oil.
[processing]
The pesto is done.
So it's time to
flip the bread, so
that way, we get it nice and
crusty on the other side.
Let's see.
Yep.
And really, you just want
some grill marks on it.
And some of them will
get darker than others.
It's OK.
So we're gonna let those
just grill a little
bit longer, just
about a minute or two.
And now, let me show you
what I top the crostini
with-- some cherry tomatoes.
Now this just makes
it look really pretty.
When you bite into it,
you've got the sweetness
from the peas, but you've also
got like that juicy sweetness
from the tomatoes too.
So this is what I do.
I grab the tomatoes,
little cherry tomatoes,
and I cut them in thirds,
and then just lay them
right on top of the pea pesto.
There we go.
Grab a spoon, and I grab
some of the pea pesto
and just kind of smooth it out.
And you can do as thick
or thin layer as you want.
But it's a cheesy, sweet
goodness, just like that.
And on the second
one, there we go.
Nice toasty bread.
Awesome.
Then I take the tomatoes
and I put them right on top.
And see how pretty that looks,
the red against the green?
It's mouthwatering,
it looks so good.
A few simple ingredients
transform crusty bread
into something truly gourmet.
