Can melba toast be made in advance

Melba toast is made from very thinly sliced white bread, which has been lightly toasted until it becomes crispy. It's perfect for serving with pate, dips and other delicacies such as my devilled egg dip (recipe included below).

What's more, it takes minutes to make, and you only need one ingredient!

One of my Christmas traditions is to make chicken liver pate. I normally serve it with shop-bought crackers as part of our Christmas Eve buffet spread.

Melba toast ingredients

This year I decided to try something different and swap out the crackers for Melba toast.

That was a great move on my part! I always end up with half-eaten boxes of crackers that go stale in the cupboard and normally end up in the bin by the end of January.

The Melba toast and pate were devoured. I could have made double the amount of toast and it would have been eaten.

Melba toast original

I love Melba toast - not least because it is so easy to make. But you can also eat it with a variety of different dishes.

Melba toast is ultra crispy, and because it isn't covered with salt and seasonings, you can pair it with all man