Goat Cheese Crostini With Black-Olive Paste

Ingredients

• 1 baguette cut in 1/2-inch diagonal slices (or 8 slices thick country-style bread cut into 3-by-3-inch slices 1/2-inch thick)
• 12 tablespoons black-olive paste
• 1/4 pound goat cheese
• like Montrachet
• at room temperature
• 1 cup diced sun-dried tomatoes
• Chopped chives
• parsley or basil to garnish

Instructions

1. Preheat oven to 400 degrees.
2. Place the slices of bread on a baking sheet and bake them until lightly brown (about 10 minutes).
3. The slices may be toasted under a broiler or over a grill instead.
4. Spread the slices with olive paste, then with goat cheese and tomatoes.
5. Preheat broiler.
6. Broil crostini for about five minutes (just to melt the cheese).
7. Arrange on a serving platter and sprinkle with chives, parsley or basil.