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

Spread it on crostini, various crackers or different types of bread. —Joseph V Micallef, Forbes, 4 May 2023

To make the crostini: Preheat oven to 350°. —SFChronicle.com, 16 Sep. 2020

On the dining side, Dehaene will bring back a few favorites from The Corner, including stuffed peppadews, roasted bone marrow and a kangaroo tartare with quail egg and crostini. —Amanda Yeager, Baltimore Sun, 29 Mar. 2023

Slice your baguettes into ½-inch rounds to make the crostini. —Katie Hill, Outdoor Life, 28 Mar. 2023

For dinner, book a table on the outdoor patio among the olive trees and lavender, or go for a counter seat at the open kitchen and watch the team plate up stunning dishes like the crimson beet spaghetti with poppy seeds, brown butter, and ricotta or the decadent chicken-liver crostini. —Krista Simmons, Condé Nast Traveler, 24 May 2022

While your crostini are baking, clean the morels thoroughly. —Katie Hill, Outdoor Life, 28 Mar. 2023

Serve it with baguettes or crostini. —Magdalena O'neal, Sunset Magazine, 25 Mar. 2022

On sad crostini, cold and clumpy? —Hannah Goldfield, The New Yorker, 18 Feb. 2022

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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