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Crostini with goat cheese and balsamic strawberries on top on a long plate.
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Balsamic Strawberries and Goat Cheese Crostini

This strawberry crostini is a really easy appetizer that you will definitely enjoy. With macerated strawberries, goat cheese, and crostini, it is so full of flavor. Perfect for the holidays or small bites.
Prep Time10 minutes
Cook Time5 minutes
rest time10 minutes
Total Time25 minutes
Servings: 8 servings
Author: Melissa Oleary

Ingredients

Macerated Strawberries

  • 1 pint Fresh strawberries cleaned and dried preferably organic
  • 3 tablespoon sugar
  • 2 tablespoon balsamic vinegar

Crostini

  • 1 large baguette
  • 8 ounces room temperature goat cheese
  • 2 tablespoon olive oil
  • honey optional- for drizzling over top before serving

Instructions

Goat Cheese

  • Remove the goat cheese from the fridge and allow to come to room temperature.
    8 ounces room temperature goat cheese

Macerated Strawberries

  • Grab a medium bowl and set aside
  • Prepare your cleaned strawberries by cutting the tops off and cutting them into quarters
    1 pint Fresh strawberries cleaned and dried
  • Add your quartered strawberries to your bowl
  • Now add your vinegar and sugar to the bowl
    3 tablespoon sugar, 2 tablespoon balsamic vinegar
  • Gently mix together
  • Let the mixture sit for 15 minutes on the counter or up to 4 hours in the refrigerator.

Making the Crostini

  • Preheat your broiler.
  • Slice up your baguette at a slight angle making pieces of bread that are about 1 inch thick.  
    1 large baguette
  • Place your bread on a large baking sheet and brush the tops of your bread with the olive oil (or drizzle the oil if you have a narrow spout on your olive oil)
    2 tablespoon 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.
  • When done, remove from the oven and set aside for a few minutes to cool.

Assembling

  • Take a spoonful of your room temperature goat cheese and spread over your crostini.
  • Add a spoonful of your strawberries over the goat cheese.
  • Drizzle a little of the balsamic glaze over the strawberries.
  • Add to a plate.
  • Drizzle with a little honey (optional)
    honey
  • Enjoy!

Nutrition

Calories: 226kcal | Carbohydrates: 25g | Protein: 9g | Fat: 11g | Saturated Fat: 5g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 1g | Monounsaturated Fat: 4g | Cholesterol: 13mg | Sodium: 299mg | Potassium: 141mg | Fiber: 2g | Sugar: 10g | Vitamin A: 300IU | Vitamin C: 35mg | Calcium: 83mg | Iron: 2mg

Nutrition Values are estimates only.

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Course :Appetizer, Dessert, entertaining, holidays