Our best Crostini recipes - 3 recipes
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Mini Cherry Pies
These mini cherry pies are so cute, we could eat them right up!
INGREDIENTS
- Dough
- Cherries
- Apricot, diced
- Apple, diced
- Almond Flakes
- White sugar
- Brown sugar
- Baking powder
- Butter
- Egg Yolk
- Water
METHOD
- Preheat the oven to 350° F.
- Roll out some dough, and then use a cup or a cookie cutter to cut the dough into circles.
- Place each circle into the cavities of a silicone muffin mould (or greased tin), and press into the bottom and along the sides.
- Pit the cherries, and throw into a pot.
- Add sugar, baking powder, and water, and simmer until it thickens to a saucy consistency.
- Use a spoon to fill each pie to 2/3 to the top.
- Optional: for a bit of variety, you can also fill the pies with apricots + brown sugar + butter, or apples + brown sugar + almond flakes.
- For the lattice crust: use a pizza slicer to cut out thin strips of dough, then lace together to form a lattice.
- Use a cup to cut the lattice into circles, then gently place on top of the uncooked pies.
- Brush with egg yolk and sprinkle with sugar.
- Bake the pies at 350° F for 25 minutes, or until golden.
- Let cool for 15 minutes, then gently lift the pies out with the edge of a knife.
- Enjoy!
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Bruschetta and Goat Cheese Crostini
The perfect appetizer to enjoy with an Italian dinner
- A variety of cherry tomatoes (e.g., red and yellow), quartered
- Balsamic vinegar, to taste
- extra virgin olive oil, to taste
- fresh basil leaves, chiffonade (thinly sliced)
- crostini or toasted sliced baguette
- 1 small (3 or 4 ounce) package of chèvre (goat cheese), plain or herbed
Crostini with mozzarella and sun dried tomatoes
By Dan
Preheat oven to 450 ° F Mix the sun dried tomatoes into a puree
- 10 Crostini:
- 1 baguette
- 1 1/2 cups (5-6 oz) mozzarella di bufala (buffalo)
- 2 1/4 cups of sun dried tomatoes in oil
- Extra virgin olive oil
- dried oregano
- 1 clove of garlic
- Pepper
Green Pea Pesto Crostini
By belulu, No
Combine green peas, basil and olive oil in bowl of food processor and pulse 8 to 10 times till mixture is smooth
- 1 bag 8 oz frozen green peas thawed
- 1 cup fresh basil leaves
- 2 TBS extra-virgin olive oil
- 12 slices French bread baguette toasted
- 1/4 cup part skim ricotta cheese
- 1/4 tsp. freshly ground black pepper
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