Brie, strawberries and balsamic vinegar tartines

Mother's Day. Staying in bed until late. Surprise breakfast served in bed, prepared by kids and husband.
I must have been dreaming!!!
In fact I was, because it never happened, not in this house.
As every other morning, I was the first one to get up yesterday. Do my back streching excercises in order to be able to start the day without that pain that blocks me. And prepare breakfast for everyone... And eat mine alone, because the others were too lazy to get up.
We had a busy day ahead, too. And we spent an afternoon in beautiful company, enjoying the first barbecue this season. Great food and company, children running around, screaming, laughing and crying.
I am a happy mother of three, after all... That's my reward every day.

However, my curiosity is: How do you feel about breakfast in bed?
Never had this experience, not even in hospital, and I only went to hospital three times in my whole life, to give birth to my kids.
Well, my husband, the most "romantic" soul on Earth, says he can't understand why would someone wish to have his breakfast served in bed, it would make him feel ill.
On the contrary, I think it would a beautiful gesture, a little attention that every woman, or at least most women, dream to receive every now and then. Don't you agree?

I don't think it's gonna happen soon. But never mind. I do offer myself a lazy treat every now and then.
Like these tartines.
It's not really a recipe, but rather an idea. They can be assembled in no time. They look beautiful and elegant enough to serve as an appetizer in any occasion. But wouldn't be bad for breakfast either.
I had some rye bread that I used here, but any similar, whole grain bread would do perfectly as well.
Besides, Brie cheese could be substituted with other types, like fresh goat cheese for example.
Grab a bite...

Brie, strawberries and balsamic vinegar tartines

* rye or other whole grain bread, sliced thinly
* Brie cheese, sliced (or fresh goat cheese)
* fresh strawberries
* traditional balsamic vinegar 

Cut the bread into size and shape that you prefer: squares, rectangles, circles.
Cut the cheese to fit the size and shape of bread and place on top of bread.
Wash, hull, and dry the strawberries. Slice them and place on top of cheese.
Complete with a few drops of thick, traditional balsamic vinegar just before serving.
You may also add a little freshly ground pepper on top.

Tartine con Brie, fragole e aceto balsamico

* fettine di pane alla segale (o altri tipi di pane integrale)
* formaggio Brie (oppure caprino fresco)
* fragole
* aceto balsamico tradizionale

Tagliate le fettine sottili di pane in forma desiderata e più adatta al occasione: quadretti, rettangoli, cerchietti.
Ritagliate il formaggio nello stesso modo e mettete una fettina su ogni pezzetto di pane.
Lavate e asciugate le fragole. Tagliatele a fettine abbastanza spesse e mettetele sopra il formaggio.
Completate con qualche goccia di aceto balsamico, quello tradizionale, denso, un momento prima di servire le tartine.
A piacere aggiungete anche un po' di pepe macinato al momento.

Vrti mi se po glavi gomila recepata s kruhom. Pitate se zašto. Osim što kruh volim i peći i jesti, u ovomjesečnom krugu igrice Ajme koliko nas je, igramo se s kruhom po želji domaćice, Nevene s bloga Hleb i lale.
Kao po narudžbi kamo god se okrenem vidim neki recept u kojem je kruh protagonist. Ali oni će tek doći na red.
Za početak, brzinska, trenutna inspiracija za jedan lijeni ručak, ili bolje rečeno predjelo, pripremila sam sebi ove tartine sa sirom i jagodama, u kojima je jedan od protagonista bio i raženi kruh. Pauzica dok sam pripremala pekmez od jagoda, ali svakako je zgodna ideja za hladno predjelo, ukusno i elegantno u svakoj prilici.

Tartine s Briejem, jagodama i balsamicom

* tanke kriške raženog ili drugog integralnog kruha
* sir Brie ili svježi (mazivi) kozji sir
* svježe jagode
* tradicionalni (gusti) balzamični ocat

Izrežite kriške kruha na željeni oblik: kvadratiće, pravokutnike, krugove...
Izrežite kriške sira na isti oblik i stavite preko kruha (ako koristite svježi sir samo ga namažite po kruhu)
Oprane i posušene jagode izrežite na deblje kriške i složite preko sira.
Neposredno prije posluživanja, preko jagoda stavite par kapi balzamičnog octa.
Po želji dodajte preko svega malo svježe mljevenog papra.