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Home > Meal Type > Appetizers and Starters > Saturday Afternoon Platter – Simple Melba Toast Triangles

Saturday Afternoon Platter – Simple Melba Toast Triangles

Updated: Dec 21st 2018 • Published: Feb 22nd 2015 • 4 Comments

Part three in this weekends Saturday Afternoon Platter post. Read the other parts here and here.

I love melba toast but I almost didn’t post this recipe, I was going to tack it on the end of my marinated feta post as I wasn’t really sure I could actually blog about toast! But melba toast is so versatile. The little crunchy triangles are perfect for dipping, for spreading with pâté, for serving with a starter, they even (if cut slightly smaller) make great croutons for soup.

Simple Melba Toast Triangles - Ultra thin crisp bread perfect for dipping or spreading with pâté

The method for making melba toast is pretty simple, it is just toast! But the key is to get the bread super thin, so that it curls up slightly and becomes super crispy. The bread is toasted, the crusts are removed and once you have removed the crusts you cut down the full length of the bread to create two very thin slices of toast. If you want a way to use up your crusts, then why not try my Garlic and Parmesan Crispy Sticks.

Garlic and Parmesan Crisp Sticks. The perfect crisp nibble with drinks. Crunchy, garlicky and full of flavour. A great snack.

Make sure you use a sharp non-serrated knife to cut through the bread. Once back under the grill the idea is to get the bread nicely crisped but to ensure a light golden colour. Have the grill pan on the lowest level and don’t be tempted to turn the grill to high, medium is best as you get a more even colour.

Simple Melba Toast Triangles - How to cut the bread

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Makes 20 triangles of melba toast

  • 5 slices of white sliced bread
  1. Heat the grill to medium.
  2. Place the slices of bread onto a baking sheet and toast them lightly on both sides.
  3. Cut the crusts off each slice of toast.
  4. Using a non-serrated knife carefully slice through the middle of each slice, (see picture above) to give you 2 thin slices.
  5. Cut each of thin slice in half to create 2 triangles.
  6. Put the triangles, untoasted-side up, onto a baking sheet and place back under the grill to crisp.
  7. This will take about 2 minutes depending on your grill.
  8. Watch them carefully as the toast will burn easily.
  9. Serve with pâté/dips/spreads.

Simple Melba Toast Triangles - Ultra thin crisp bread perfect for dipping or spreading with pâté

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  1. Nancy | Plus Ate Six says

    Feb 25th 2016 at 6:49 pm

    Bring back the Melba toast I say! The oldies are the goodies – this reminds me of my Mum making Melba toasts when I was a kid and we thought it was fancy food 🙂 We used to love piling slices thick with jam. Although these days I’m a little more partial to a nice pate with my Melba toast.

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    • Claire McEwen says

      Feb 27th 2016 at 2:59 pm

      Yes!!! Pate and melba toast….so good.
      And so much nice than a lot of the crackers that are on the market!

      Reply
  2. Brittaney @ Sips and Snacks says

    Feb 23rd 2015 at 12:53 am

    5 stars
    I’m glad you decided to blog about toast! Sometimes I get so frustrated at the cracker aisle in the grocery store. This a great alternative!

    Reply
    • Claire McEwen says

      Feb 23rd 2015 at 7:39 am

      Thank you. I am so glad someone has read it and hasn’t screwed their face up in question to a toast recipe 😉

      Reply

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