Goat Cheese, Caper and Roasted Red Pepper Crostini

Crostini is one of my all time favorite ways of eating meals because it so so versatile and you can add just about anything to them and it tastes amazing! While on vacation this past summer, I made these goat cheese crostinis for the family and they absolutely loved them. I thought the flavors would be a bit too sophisticated for their pallets but I was pleasantly surprised how much they loved them. Since vacation, these have been a regular requested item and I have to say I am happy to oblige since they are healthy and so easy to make. Now that we are rolling into the Christmas holidays, I will be making more of this dish since its colors are so festive with the red and green. I just love when there is one more way to add holiday cheer through food at Christmas, don’t you? 🙂

Go ahead and give it a try, I know you’ll love them!

Preheat your broiler. Slice up your baguette at a slight angle making pieces of bread that are about 1/2 inch thick. Place your bread on a large baking sheet. Brush the tops of your bread with the olive oil (or drizzle the oil if you have a narrow spout on your olive oil). Place under the broiler until it is nicely browned but not burned, about 1-2 minutes. Take out of the broiler and carefully flip the bread over and place back under the broiler to brown the other side (another 1-2 minutes). Once both sides have been browned, take out of the broiler and rub the oiled tops of the bread with the garlic. Once you have done this to all the bread, pour 1 tsp of salt in your hand and take a pinch out with your fingers and sprinkle over your bread. Keep doing this until all of the bread has been lightly salted.