• Bacon-Tomato Cheese Toasts

  Filed under Main Dishes - Pork, Main Dishes - Sandwiches
  Sep 8
  
  I hope all of you celebrating Labor Day today had a wonderful holiday! Mine was spent in the kitchen baking cinnamon rolls and foccacia – it was a great day!!

  Have you ever tried a recipe, then thought to yourself – this is so amazingly good and easy, why didn’t I think of this myself sooner?? That is what went through my head when I made these cheese toasts. DE-LIC-IOUS!! Seriously one of my favorite things that I’ve made lately, and they are so easy that you’ll wonder how you lived before they came along. Seriously, I liked them that much. And they can be considered semi-healthy since they have tomatoes and zucchini, right??

  Bacon-Tomato Cheese Toasts
  from The Food Network Magazine August/September 2008

  Serves 4

  2 ripe tomatoes
  Kosher salt
  8 strips bacon
  4 slices Texas toast or other thick sandwich bread
  3/4 cup grated cheddar cheese
  3/4 cup grated part-skim mozzarella cheese
  3/4 cup mayonnaise
  5 scallions, finely chopped
  1/4 cup chopped fresh parsley
  1/2 small zucchini, very thinly sliced
  Freshly ground pepper

  Preheat the oven to 400 degrees. Core the tomatoes and thinly slice. Place in a colander in the sink and sprinkle with 1/2 teaspoon salt; let drain for at least 15 minutes.

  Meanwhile, cook the bacon in a large skillet over medium heat until crisp, about 10 minutes; transfer to a paper-towel-lined plate. Pour off and reserve the drippings, leaving 1 tablespoon in the skillet; toast the bread on one side in the drippings until golden (do this in batches, adding more drippings as needed). Place the bread, toasted-side down, on a baking sheet.

  Combine the cheeses with the mayonnaise, scallions and parsley in a bowl. Spread the cheese mixture on the toasts, reserving about 1/3 cup. Crumble the bacon on top. Shake any excess liquid from the tomatoes; distribute the zucchini and tomatoes among the toasts. Dot with the reserved cheese mixture and season with pepper. Bake until golden brown, 15 to 20 minutes. Serve warm.

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  16 Comments

16 Responses to “Bacon-Tomato Cheese Toasts”

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   Maris said on September 8th, 2009 at 4:13 am

   These looks good, nice and simple, classic flavors. And I'm a big fan of open faced sandwiches. Good post!

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   Vanessa said on September 8th, 2009 at 7:32 am

   mmm looks delish!!!

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   Emily said on September 8th, 2009 at 9:09 am

   Is that TEXAS TOAST?! I love Texas toast. These look so good. And yes, very healthy. Haha.

   Your butterscotch bars look good too.

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   Sylvie said on September 8th, 2009 at 11:56 am

   No Labour Day here in the UK, but I hope you had a great time. The toasties look great.

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   Liz Brooks said on September 8th, 2009 at 12:32 pm

   Yum! This looks and sounds great!

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   Barbara said on September 8th, 2009 at 12:35 pm

   This looks fabulous…kind of a supernova BLT!

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   Kim said on September 8th, 2009 at 12:36 pm

   I love the food network magazine. It's my favorite foodie magazine. I've never considered toasting bread in bacon drippings – yum! Then topping it with all that yumminess – I can appreciate why you liked them so much : )

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   kat said on September 8th, 2009 at 2:02 pm

   Those look like they'd be an amazing snack

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   Grace said on September 8th, 2009 at 4:57 pm

   yeah, these're nice and all, but i want the cinnamon rolls!

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    Katrina said on September 8th, 2009 at 10:23 pm

    I'm telling you, I can't seem to get here (or anywhere else) as often as I'd like, but dang, I wish you could feed me!

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    Patsyk said on September 9th, 2009 at 1:56 am

    I imagine I would have to make these all the time!They look SO good!

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    Colleen said on September 9th, 2009 at 4:34 pm

    I love stuff like this! So simple yet so delicious!

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    Tia said on September 9th, 2009 at 11:25 pm

    those look wonderful and the photography is great too!

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    Palidor said on September 10th, 2009 at 11:26 pm

    Delicious! I love bacon and cheese together.

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    Spryte said on September 23rd, 2009 at 7:53 pm

    YUM!! Those look delish!!!

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    Elsa said on March 23rd, 2011 at 9:57 pm

    I know my husband would like this recipe. I can see that it's a keeper. I bet it would be good with a big spinach salad. Yum!

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