Olympic-inspired recipes: Sled-like turkey Dijon crostini will fly off platter

By Alison Ladman, THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

These crostini resemble people flying head first down a hill on a tiny sled, as happens in the skeleton event. Let them fly right onto a platter for chowing while watching the Games.

Creamy Turkey Dijon Crostini

30-cm (12-inch) baguette, cut into 12 slices

50 ml ( 1/4 cup) olive oil

Salt and ground black pepper, to taste

125 g (4 oz) cream cheese, room temperature

30 ml (2 tbsp) Dijon mustard

125 g (4 oz) smoked deli-sliced turkey

12 fresh basil leaves

1 orange bell pepper, cored and cut into 12 slices

Heat oven to 190 C (375 F).

Arrange bread slices on a rimmed baking sheet. Drizzle olive oil over bread, then season with salt and pepper. Toast until just golden, about 10 minutes. Remove toasts from oven and set aside to cool.

Meanwhile, in a medium bowl mix together cream cheese and mustard until smooth.

When toasts have cooled, spread each with a bit of the cream cheese mixture. Wrap one basil leaf around each pepper strip, then wrap a slice of deli turkey around that to make little cigars. Place one cigar on top of each crostini.

Makes 12 servings.

Nutrition information per toast (values are rounded to the nearest whole number): 189 calories, 82 calories from fat, 9 g fat (3 g saturated, 0 g trans fats), 14 mg cholesterol, 20 g carbohydrate, 5 g protein, 1 g fibre, 416 mg sodium.

Source: YAHOO! CANADA