Fresh Cheese Crostini with Rose Water

Name: Fresh Cheese Crostini with Rose Water
Yield: Serves 2 as a treat, or 4 as an accompaniment
Cuisine: Italy
Ingredients: 1 tablespoon (15 g) sugar; 8 ounces (225 g) fresh provatura or buffalo mozzarella cheese; 2 tablespoons rose water; 3 tablespoons (45 g) butter, more if needed; 4 large slices ciabatta, cut ½ inch (1.25 cm) thick; 1 tablespoon ground cinnamon

Preparation info

Serves
2
as a treat

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

The Cookbook Library

By Anne Willan

Published 2012

About

Ingredients

8 ounces (225 g) fresh provatura or buffalo mozzarella cheese
1 tablespoon (

Europe
Italy
Main course
Mediterranean
Vegetarian
Venice

Method

Heat the broiler, or have ready a kitchen blowtorch. Cut the cheese in slices ¼ inch (6 mm) thick, and arrange them in a single layer on a rimmed baking sheet. Stir together the sugar and cinnamon. Toast the bread.

Melt the butter in a large, broilerproof frying pan over medium-high heat. Fry the toasted bread, turning once, until crisp and the butter is absorbed, about 1 minute on each