Ingredients:
Italian bread
sweet butter
cheddar cheese
garlic salt
Parmesan cheese, grated
Romano cheese, grated
Slice Italian bread into slices about ½-inch thick. Allow at least two slices per person.
Butter very lightly with sweet (unsalted) butter.
Cut very, very thin slices of cheddar cheese. Place these on bread slices.
Sprinkle garlic salt on ever so lightly.
Shake grated Parmesan on next, making sure to cover cheddar with a fine mist.
Top with a tiny, even shake of Romano (not very much!). The secret is to evenly distribute all the ingredients, keeping each one as light as possible.
Place on the top rack of the oven under a hot broiler for just a few minutes, until cheeses bubble and turn golden around the edges.
Serve immediately.
This makes a great midnight snack too.
The working title for Carolyne’s Gourmet Recipes cookbook is From Lady Ralston’s Kitchen: A Canadian Contessa Cooks. This kitchen-friendly doyenne has been honoured and referred to as the grande dame of executive real estate in her market area during her 35-year career. She taught gourmet cooking in the mid-70s and wrote a weekly newspaper cooking column, long before gourmet was popular as it is today. Her ebook, Gourmet Cooking – at Home with Carolyne is available here for $5.99 US. Email Carolyne. Scroll down to the comments at each recipe column. Carolyne often adds complimentary “From Lady Ralston’s Kitchen” additional recipes in the Recipes for Realtors Comments section at REM.
