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Start by soaking the olives in cold water for about five minutes, then drain them.
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Take all of your olive tapenade ingredients and add them to a blender or food processor and pulse them down until everything is finely chopped.
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Scrape out the tapenade and place into a small serving bowl.
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Next, preheat your oven to 425 degrees F.
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Brush the olive oil onto each bread round.
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Place the bread onto a baking sheet and cook in the preheat oven until each round is a nice golden brown.
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Remove them from the oven.
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Rub the garlic clove gently onto each round.
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To finish this off, smear a bit of the goat cheese onto the crostini and top with a bit of the olive tapenade.
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Repeat.
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Take a bite.
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You should now find yourself in a place called Flavortown.
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The nice crunch of the crostini paired with the creaminess of the goat cheese and saltiness of the olive tapenade really just sets this one up for a success.
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Well, a success in my book, but my wife ...
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I still did not get her to try the olive tapenade.
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I had my second resort which was a pickled tomato, or just a simple crostini with a goat cheese smear.
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However you spread it, it is simple, and delicious.
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I hope you enjoy.
