I'm not really into black beans per se, so of the many varieties of
Cinco de Mayo Salsas, the
Black Bean Dip was I had never really considered getting. R., on the other hand, loves beans of all kinds (to my dismay...), and as he was getting a taste of the black bean dip, owner Arturo suggested a great snack option:
Ciabatta bread topped with some black bean dip and fontinella cheese, then toasted. R. also happens to be a bread fiend, so this was pretty much the ideal snack for him! Arturo had suggested ciabatta from Breadworks, but we couldn't get it in the Strip District so instead bought ours from Ryan outside the Jimmy & Nino Sunseri store. We decided to skip the cheese line at Penn Mac and got our fontinella next door at Stamboolis Brothers.
Even though I'm not big into black beans, I really liked this snack!
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| Toasted Ciabatta with Fontinella Cheese and Black Bean Dip |
P.S. This doesn't look like ciabatta because I had to slice the loaf vertically rather than horizontally, as by the time I got around to snapping photos of this, R. had already finished most of the bread!
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Pittsburgh Public Market during the winter and all around town during the farmers market season.
