crostini
plural noun
cros·ti·ni krȯ-ˈstē-nē 
: small slices of usually toasted bread topped with a spread or other food
Example Sentences
Recent Examples on the Web Prepared shellfish includes mussels with white wine, herb butter, and garlic crostini, littlenecks and chourico; lightly fried oysters with cucumber avocado, remoulade mint. 
Lauren Daley, BostonGlobe.com, 12 June 2022 Our food editors like it most for topping crostini, swirling into spaghetti and mixing with salad greens. Zee Krstic, Good Housekeeping, 2 May 2022 There are dozens of ever-changing fresh crostini depending on the season, from shrimp to prosciutto and everything in between, as well as small tables outside to enjoy them. Cat Bauer, CNN, 28 Apr. 2022 First course is mussels, mushroom crostini or salad. Susan Dunne, Hartford Courant, 26 Apr. 2022 Scallions Make crostini: Toss trimmed scallions with olive oil, salt and pepper. Ian Knauer, WSJ, 23 Mar. 2022 Appetizers are cocktail shrimp with traditional sauce, seared beef tenderloin crostini and strawberry in double cream. Susan Selasky, Detroit Free Press, 10 Apr. 2022 First course is Caesar with beef tartare, quail egg, crostini and aioli. Susan Dunne, courant.com, 6 Jan. 2022 At Lady Mendl’s, the finger sandwiches range from classic to daringly unconventional, including a crostini topped with butternut-squash purée and Boursin cheese. David Kortava, The New Yorker, 17 Dec. 2021 See More
Lauren Daley, BostonGlobe.com, 12 June 2022 Our food editors like it most for topping crostini, swirling into spaghetti and mixing with salad greens. Zee Krstic, Good Housekeeping, 2 May 2022 There are dozens of ever-changing fresh crostini depending on the season, from shrimp to prosciutto and everything in between, as well as small tables outside to enjoy them. Cat Bauer, CNN, 28 Apr. 2022 First course is mussels, mushroom crostini or salad. Susan Dunne, Hartford Courant, 26 Apr. 2022 Scallions Make crostini: Toss trimmed scallions with olive oil, salt and pepper. Ian Knauer, WSJ, 23 Mar. 2022 Appetizers are cocktail shrimp with traditional sauce, seared beef tenderloin crostini and strawberry in double cream. Susan Selasky, Detroit Free Press, 10 Apr. 2022 First course is Caesar with beef tartare, quail egg, crostini and aioli. Susan Dunne, courant.com, 6 Jan. 2022 At Lady Mendl’s, the finger sandwiches range from classic to daringly unconventional, including a crostini topped with butternut-squash purée and Boursin cheese. David Kortava, The New Yorker, 17 Dec. 2021 See More Word History
Etymology
Italian, plural of crostino, from crosta crust, rind, from Latin crusta shell, crust — more at crust
First Known Use
1945, in the meaning defined above