Strawberry Mascarpone Toast

Ingredients:

fresh strawberries, sliced
mascarpone cheese
bread

Directions:
toast bread. spread mascarpone on toasted bread. top with sliced strawberries.

* Inspired from a dish i saw in a movie, this recipe sounds simple, but I'm working out some of the details to make the flavors mesh well. A few things... mascarpone is a cheese, but is often used in place of butter. It has a mild flavor and can be flavored easily. Very spreadable, like a soft cream cheese, just not as strong of a flavor. Honey makes a good flavoring. With that in mind, initially i chose to use a "sweet honey wheat" bread. I used a "fancier" bread, not the cheap $1 loaves. This kind of bread is a little denser, but I found that while I was looking for a honey note in the bread, the dark wheat-ness flavor took over. So, next time I might try a honey-white, or a lighter grain bread. An oat-berry bread might go well also. But overall, I recommend a lighter-flavored bread. And as far as the strawberries go, I currently got mine out of season, so they weren't as ripe, and were a little tart, which I actually liked. But I could imagine some really fresh and ripe strawberries being very flavorful. And a final note about the toasting of the bread: i'd recommend letting the toast cool a bit so that you can get a better layer of mascarpone without it melting on still-hot toast.

Goes great for breakfast or a snack! Either way, delicious!

UPDATE: so yes, i bought and tried a honey wheat berry bread. much lighter in color and flavor, so it doesn't overtake the other flavors. and i did aim for something with honey to give the dish a little extra touch of sweetness.