Ingredients
Ingredients
1 cups fresh basil (packed), plus 1/2 cup chopped for garnish
1 cup blue cheese crumbles
3/4 cup mayonnaise
1 tablespoon fresh lemon juice
2 cloves garlic, minced plus 1 peeled clove
Sea salt
1 baguette or ciabatta
6 slices of bacon candied
12 grape tomatoes, halved
1 avocado cut into slices
Balsamic glaze your favorite brand
Instructions
Combine 1 cup basil, blue cheese, lemon juice, garlic, and salt in a food processor, pulse until smooth. Adjust
seasoning if needed. Cook candied bacon until crisp. Allow to cool and cut into approx 2-inch pieces (should
have 24 pieces).
Pre heat BBQ grill
Slice the baguette into 24 1-inch slices and brush with olive oil on both sides. Grill until the bread is golden
brown, turning once. Remove from the oven and rub one side with the peeled clove of garlic. Set aside. Season
tomato halves with salt and pepper. Spread each bread slice with some of the basil mayonnaise, top
with a slice of bacon and then a grape tomato half & avocado. Sprinkle with chopped basil. Drizzle with
balsamic glaze.