Cooking at Home – Summertime Appetizer and Wine Tasting at Wicked Cellars

Cooking at Home - Avocado Crostini with Parsley Pesto and Sea Salt or Crostini dell'avocado con Pesto di prezzemolo e sale marino...

Avocado Crostini with Parsley Pesto and Sea Salt

How do we make it?

Preheat the oven to 350°. Brush the baguette slices with olive oil baking sheets. Bake the baguette slices for about 8 minutes, until they are lightly browned and just crisp.

Avocado Crostini with Parsley Pesto and Sea Salt

Avocado Crostini can be made with the traditional baguette, French bread (as we did) or a well made gluten free bread…

 In a blender, combine the parsley leaves, cilantro (don't over do it), garlic and olive oil and puree until smooth. Season with salt and pepper

Avocado Crostini with Parsley Pesto and Sea Salt - Parsley Pesto

Avocado Crostini with Parsley Pesto and Sea Salt - Parsley Pesto

Top the baguette toasts with the avocado slices drizzle the parsley pesto over the crostini add sea salt to taste

Avocado Crostini with Parsley Pesto and Sea Salt

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Ingredients

• baguette, French bread or a well made gluten free bread cut into diagonal slices
• cup extra-virgin olive oil, plus more for brushing
• flat-leaf parsley leaves
• cilantro (just to add a background flavor, don't over do it)
• garlic cloves
• sea salt
• Freshly ground pepper
• Hass avocados—halved, pitted and thinly sliced

Avocado Crostini with Parsley Pesto and Sea Salt

Directions

Preheat the oven to 350°. Brush the baguette slices with olive oil baking sheets. Bake the baguette slices for about 8 minutes, until they are lightly browned and just crisp.

In a blender, combine the parsley leaves, cilantro (don't over do it), garlic and olive oil and puree until smooth. Season with salt and pepper

Top the baguette toasts with the avocado slices drizzle the parsley pesto over the crostini add sea salt to taste

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Wicked Cellars Everett Washington Wine Tasting - July Art Walk 2012 “Art of the African Mask” Exhibit...

Wicked Cellars Everett Washington Wine Tasting - Music of Mohammed Sahibu's Soyaya

Wicked Cellars Everett Washington Wine Tasting - July Art Walk 2012 “Art of the African Mask” Exhibit

Wicked Cellars opening of the “Art of the African Mask” exhibit during Everett’s July Art Walk night with a tasting of South African wines and the music of Mohammed Sahibu's Soyaya, native of Ghana and a master of African rhythms…

Wicked Cellars Everett Washington Wine Tasting 

2011 Southern Right Sauvignon Blanc***+ tropical, great mouthfeel

Sequillo White**** melon, honeydew

2009 Tormentoso Mourvedre***J red fruit, leather, cloves

2008 A.A. Badenhorst Family Red***+ black cherries, peper

2009 Rupert & Rothschild Classique***+ dark chocolate, aniseed

2008 Stark-Conde Stellenbosch Cabernet Sauvignon**** black currant, fig, tobacco

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Around Town

Lombardi’s Italian Restaurant and Wine Bar – Mill Creek – July 21^st 2012 Update

Outside - the forms for the new planters and patio have been poured

Lombardi’s Italian Restaurant and Wine Bar – Mill Creek – July 21^st 2012 Update

Lombardi’s Italian Restaurant and Wine Bar – Mill Creek – July 21^st 2012 Update

Lombardi’s Italian Restaurant and Wine Bar – Mill Creek – July 21^st 2012 Update

Lombardi’s Italian Restaurant and Wine Bar – Mill Creek – July 21^st 2012 Update

First Look Inside…

Looking towards the bar

Lombardi’s Italian Restaurant and Wine Bar – Mill Creek – July 21^st 2012 Update

There is a gas fireplace between the bar and party room to the left…

Looking towards the bar and kitchen

Lombardi’s Italian Restaurant and Wine Bar – Mill Creek – July 21^st 2012 Update

Towards the kitchen

Lombardi’s Italian Restaurant and Wine Bar – Mill Creek – July 21^st 2012 Update

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Snohomish Beer and Wine Specialty Shop

Snohomish Beer and Wine Specialty Shops new addition in progress

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