This little treat is great for a starter and well received at gatherings. It is a bit fiddly so you will need to be patient, but we think the effort is well worth it from the taste and the presentation.
Ingredients
- 30g / 1oz butter – for toasts – melt in a small pot on low heat
- 8 slices white bread – crusts removed, sliced in quarters
- 150g / 5.4oz button mushrooms – washed, finely diced
- 5 tablespoons parmesan cheese – grated finely
- 50g / 1.8oz butter – for topping – melt in a small pot on low heat
- 2 tablespoons white flour
- 1 cup milk
- 8 black olives – deseeded, halved
- 1/4 capsicum – washed, cut into 16 small squares
Directions
- Preheat a fan forced oven to 180C / 356F.
- Melt butter for toasts and prepare the bread.
- Brush the melted butter on each side of the quartered slices and place on a baking tray.
- Place baking tray in preheated oven for 10 minutes or until golden brown. Remove and allow to cool on baking tray.
- Prepare mushrooms and grate parmesan cheese. Add to a medium bowl.
- Melt butter for topping. When melted add flour and stir for 1 minute.
- Increase heat to medium and add milk. Stir till mixture boils, approximately 6 minutes. Remove from heat.
- Add milk mixture to bowl with mushroom and parmesan, mix well.
- Preheat a fan forced oven to 200C / 392F.
- Prepare olives and capsicum.
- Spoon 1 heap teaspoon of mushroom mixture on each toast. Complete by topping half of the toasts with olives and other half with capsicum.
- Place back into oven for 5 minutes. Remove and place on a serving dish. Serve hot.