Crazy Caprese Halloween Faces

Crazy Caprese Halloween Faces

From: ArcaMax Publishing's "Cheap Thrills Cuisine" (10/29/2011)

(copyright of Bill Lombardo and Thach Bui, distributed by The Washington Post Writers Group)

Ingredients:

2 tablespoons olive oil

2 tablespoons pesto

12 - 3/8 inch thick slices of tomato

12 mini-bocconcini cheese balls

freshly ground pepper

24 slices of small pimento-stuffed olives or black olives

12 slices of mini gherkins

french baquette, toasted & sliced

Directions:

1. Blend the olive oil & pesto. Set aside.

2. Arrange the twelve slices of tomato on a plate.

3. Trim the twelve mini-bocconcini cheese balls at both ends to make them flat. Slice them all in half. Place two of them on each tomato slice to make eyeballs.

4. Drizzle the pesto mixture over the tomato & cheese. Season with freshly ground pepper.

5. Cut thin slices of small pimento-stuffed olives, or black olives. Place these on the cheese slices to make irises on each eyeball.

6. Use thin slices of mini gherkins to fashion a long nose between the eyes on each tomato slice.

7. Serve to costumed guests on toasted, sliced french baquette.