{"id":9241,"date":"2010-10-30T19:49:55","date_gmt":"2010-10-31T02:49:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pcgirl.net\/recipes\/?p=9241"},"modified":"2012-10-14T19:51:24","modified_gmt":"2012-10-15T02:51:24","slug":"bruschetta-with-tomatoes-blue-cheese-and-pecans","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pcgirl.net\/recipes\/?p=9241","title":{"rendered":"Bruschetta with Tomatoes, Blue Cheese, and Pecans"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>2 ounces cream cheese, softened<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>1\/2 C. crumbled blue cheese<\/p>\n<p>2 T. coarsely chopped pecans<\/p>\n<p>4 slices bread, crusty, firm-textured, cut about 3\/4-inch thick<\/p>\n<p>2 cloves garlic, peeled and halved<\/p>\n<p>2 large Florida tomatos, sliced about 1\/8-inch thick<\/p>\n<p>Fresh ground black pepper, to taste<\/p>\n<p>Chopped fresh basil or dried basil, for garnish<\/p>\n<p>In a small bowl, mash the cheeses together with a fork, leaving the mixture somewhat chunky.\u00c2\u00a0 Mix in the pecans. Preheat the broiler.\u00c2\u00a0 Arrange the bread on a small baking sheet and broil the slices for about a minute on each side, just until golden.\u00c2\u00a0 Watch it carefully so it doesn&#8217;t burn.\u00c2\u00a0 Rub one side of each piece of bread with garlic.\u00c2\u00a0 Spread some of the cheese mixture over each slice and arrange 2 or 3 overlapping tomato slices on top.\u00c2\u00a0 Pepper the tomatoes lightly, then garnish with basil and serve.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>2 ounces cream cheese, softened 1\/2 C. crumbled blue cheese 2 T. coarsely chopped pecans 4 slices bread, crusty, firm-textured, cut about 3\/4-inch thick 2 cloves garlic, peeled and halved 2 large Florida tomatos, sliced about 1\/8-inch thick Fresh ground black pepper, to taste Chopped fresh basil or dried basil, for garnish In a small bowl, mash the cheeses together with a fork, leaving the mixture somewhat chunky.\u00c2\u00a0 Mix in the pecans. Preheat the broiler.\u00c2\u00a0 Arrange the bread on a&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"><a class=\"btn btn-default\" href=\"https:\/\/pcgirl.net\/recipes\/?p=9241\"> Read More<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">  Read More<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[18,5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9241","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-appetizers-snacks","category-starches"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pcgirl.net\/recipes\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9241","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pcgirl.net\/recipes\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pcgirl.net\/recipes\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pcgirl.net\/recipes\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pcgirl.net\/recipes\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=9241"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/pcgirl.net\/recipes\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9241\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9245,"href":"https:\/\/pcgirl.net\/recipes\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9241\/revisions\/9245"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pcgirl.net\/recipes\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=9241"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pcgirl.net\/recipes\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=9241"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pcgirl.net\/recipes\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=9241"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}