PROVOLONE TOASTS (for six)

½ pound sliced provolone

1 loaf Italian bread, cut crosswise into ½ inch thick slices

1. Preheat broiler.

2. Cut provolone to fit bread slices and set aside.

3. Toast bread (without cheese) on a large baking sheet until golden, 30 seconds to 1 minute. Turn bread over and arrange provolone on top. Broil until cheese is melted, 1 to 2 minutes.

NOTE: Serve with Tuscan white bean soup with kale

adapted from Gourmet Magazine, February, 2002