Provence-Style Herb Onion Toasts

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Provence-Style Herb Onion Toasts

 

1 tb Olive oil

2 Cloves garlic minced

3 Onions chopped or thinly sliced

1/4 Teasp pepper

1 Teasp chopped fresh thyme or 1/4 teasp. dried

Salt to taste

1 Thin French stick bread about 16 inches long

2 Sweet red peppers, preferably roasted, peeled and

cut in strips

1/4 c Halved black olives

 

Heat olive oil in skillet. Add garlic and onions and

cook gently

about 10 minutes, until tender and golden. Add pepper,

thyme and salt.

Trim ends off bread. Cut bread in half lengthwise,

spread with onion

mixture. Arrange red pepper strips in crisscross

pattern on top.

Arrange olives in crosshatches.

Place bread on baking sheet and bake in preheated 400

F. oven for

15-20 minutes, or until hot and crisp. To serve, cut

into 2 inch

pieces.

Serves 8.