I bought this bag of Crostinis at a IGA Kress Supermarket in Downtown Seattle. $5bucks for a 7oz (198g) bag of the little munchies. The flavour is Parmesan & Pecorino. The packaging says that they are imported from Italy. For making the 5,000 mile journey, they are suprisingly fresh. Description on the bag holds true:
“Italian Crostini, crisp and light, are made from traditional Italian bread dough, rolled thin, and baked in a slow oven until golden. Seasoned with EVOO & sea salt.”
They are like high-end oyster crackers you get in chowder in Boston. Very tasty, a bit rich at $5bucks, but there is more in the bag then the weight would suggest. Most crackers have a big air pocket baked in that gives a nice crunch. When I make pizza dough at home (recipe ala Mark Bittman’s “How to Cook Everything”) and these crackers taste very close to how my pizza dough. The company suggests cheese and spreads as potential uses. I don’t think these will work well for this. Instead explore using them in soups, chowders, chili, or salads. I’d like to see a pancetta flavour with sage, but that’s just me.
Note: Three of these little suckers constitutes a ‘serving’. One ‘serving’ is 60 calories and has 109 mgs of sodium.
Flavour: 4/5
Value: 3.5/5
Try them? Definately
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