Goat Cheese Crostini
Crispy crostini topped with goat cheese, ham, wine-soaked cherries and fresh thyme.
- Prep Time: 10-15 mins
- Cook Time: 8-10 mins
- Total Time: 18-25 mins
- Yield: Serves 8
- Category: Appetizer
- Method: No-Cook, Baking
- Cuisine: American
Ingredients
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- ½ cup unsweetened dried cherries or cranberries
- ½ cup cherry wine or sweet red wine
- 1 baguette, sliced ½-1 inch thick
- 1 tablespoon olive oil
- Dash coarse salt
- 4-ounces creamy goat cheese
- 2-ounces smoked ham, thinly sliced
- ¼ cup unsalted nuts, crushed
- 1 tablespoon fresh thyme leaves
- 2 tablespoons honey
Instructions
- Place the dried cherries and wine in a jar fitted with a lid. If the wine doesn’t cover the cherries, add a little water.
- Allow the cherries to soak for 2 or more hours, until cherries are plump. Drain.
- Preheat the oven to 375 degrees.
- Place baguette slices on a baking sheet and drizzle with olive oil.Sprinkle with coarse salt. Bake in the oven for 7-8 minutes, until crisp. Allow to cool.
- Spread a thick layer of goat cheese on each crostini. Top each with a slice of thin ham, a tablespoon of wine-soaked cherries, a few nuts and a few thyme leaves.Drizzle each crostini with teaspoon of honey.
- Place on a platter and serve.
Notes
Substitution Tip: Use any dried fruit.
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1/8 of recipe
- Calories: 183
- Sugar: 9g
- Sodium: 95mg
- Fat: 7g
- Saturated Fat: 3g
- Unsaturated Fat: 4g
- Trans Fat: 0g
- Carbohydrates: 22g
- Fiber: 1g
- Protein: 6g
- Cholesterol: 13mg
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