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Machego & Marcona Almond Crostini with a Sherry Vinegar Reduction

Ingredients:

1 Cup Spanish Sherry Vinegar
1 Teaspoon Whole Coriander Seed
1 Teaspoon Whole Black Peppercorns
2 Bay Leaves
1/4 Cup Sugar

Machego Cheese, sliced into squares no larger than baguette rounds
Marcona Almonds
Salt & Pepper

Procedure:

1. Toast baguette rounds until lightly brown.

2. In a small skillet pour sherry, coriander seeds, peppercorns and bay leaves and simmer until reduced by half. Strain and pour back into the same skillet. Add sugar until a syrupy consistency is attained. Reserve.

3. Slice Machego into squares and refriegerate.

4. Heat up a separate small skillet and toast almonds with salt and pepper until lightly browned.

5. Assembly: Place cheese on top of crostini, with almonds. Drizzle Sherry Vinegar reduction on tapas and around the plate.