Tomato, Mozzarella, Basil Focaccia Toast

This recipe makes an excellent appetizer for a crowd of 50 or for just one. It’s simple, it’s easy, and it’s really yummy.

I could eat about 10 of these myself. Especially while I’m reading. There is nothing better. Except if you’re reading and eating while you’re lying down in bed. Then you get crunchy crumbs all over the fresh sheets and your spouse might kick you out of the bed and ask you to eat your toast on the porch. Well what if it’s cold? What if your dog won’t even go out on the porch?

Once again, Your Smiling Chef will come to your rescue so that you don’t have to eat your toast on the porch without the dog for company. Here’s what you do:

On the evening that you plan to eat these delicious focaccia toast points, toast several pieces of regular bread separately. Crumble up the toast until you have about a quart of crumbs. Bleach them (so they’re invisible against your white crispy sheets).

Then all you have to do is sprinkle the crumbs on your spouse’s side of the bed before they get in. You lie down on your side and read your book. When they get in and start complaining about something crunchy under them that they can’t see, look at them as if they’ve lost their mind.

Tell them that they should go out on the porch and try to refresh their mind before you have to call someone. When they leave, just grab your toast, savor the taste, and read your book in peace. Simple wasn’t it?

Your Ingredients:

2 squares of herbed focaccia bread
Extra virgin olive oil
Dijon mustard
Finely shredded mozzarella cheese
2 large tomato slices (thin)
4 large basil leaves, washed
Salt and freshly ground pepper, to taste


PREHEAT oven to 400ºF.

LAY the focaccia squares on a foil-lined baking sheet

BRUSH the squares with olive oil.

SPREAD a little Dijon mustard on top.

SPRINKLE mozzarella on top.

ADD a tomato slice to each square.

ADD 2 basil leaves.

SPRINKLE a bit of salt and freshly ground pepper.

TOP with a sprinkling of mozzarella.

BAKE until lightly toasted, about 5-7 minutes and slice diagonally to make triangle points.

SERVE with homemade tomato soup and say aah!

Always Enjoy!