Chive Tartines With Smoke Salmon

Total Time: 1 hr 20 mins Preparation Time: 1 hr 15 mins Cook Time: 5 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 20
• 1 cup fresh chives, cut into 1 inch pieces
• 3/4 cup extra virgin olive oil (splurge on a good brand)
• 6 tablespoons crumbled soft fresh goat cheese
• 2 tablespoons minced shallots
• 20 slices french baguettes (3/4 inch thick diagonal sliced)
• 6 ounces thinly sliced smoked salmon
• additional fresh chives, for garnish

Recipe

• 1 puree 1 cup chives and oil in blender for about 2 minutes.
• 2 pour into a fine sieve set over a medium bowl.
• 3 let drain for an hour (do not press on solids).
• 4 discard solids.
• 5 preheat oven to 400 degrees f.
• 6 mix goat cheese and shallot in small bowl and season to taste with salt and pepper.
• 7 place bread slices on large baking sheet and brush both sides of bread lightly with the chive oil.
• 8 spread each slice with 1 1/2 teaspoons of cheese mixture.
• 9 bake bread until light golden, about 5 minutes.
• 10 transfer to serving platter.
• 11 drape 1 salmon slice over each toast.
• 12 sprinkle with additional chives.