Best Goat Cheese Crostini With Orange And Black Pepper Marmalade Recipes

GOAT CHEESE CROSTINI

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Here's an easy finger food idea for a party: goat cheese crostini! Simply make homemade toasts and top with goat cheese, honey and fresh herbs.

Provided by Sonja Overhiser

Time 20m

Number Of Ingredients 5

Ingredients

1 baguette (homemade or store bought)
4 ounce log soft goat cheese (chevre)
Honey
Fresh mint, basil or thyme, roughly chopped
Fresh ground black pepper

Steps:

Preheat the oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit.
Slice the baguette into thin slices on the bias (diagonally). Place the slices on a baking sheet in a single layer.
Bake for about 10 minutes, until golden and crispy. Cool to room temperature: they'll crisp up even more as they cool. (If making in advance, store the plain, un-topped crostini up to 5 days in a sealed container at room temperature.)
Top each crostini with a smear of soft goat cheese, a drizzle of honey, and roughly chopped fresh herbs. Add fresh ground black pepper and serve immediately.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 61 calories, Sugar 0 g, Sodium 26.3 mg, Fat 1.3 g, SaturatedFat 0.8 g, Carbohydrate 9.5 g, Fiber 0.3 g, Protein 2.3 g, Cholesterol 2.6 mg

GOAT CHEESE CROSTINI WITH ORANGE AND BLACK PEPPER MARMALADE

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Sweet appetizer. The recipe is from Bon Appetit and called for blood oranges but I didn't have any and did not want to mess with removing the meat from the membranes so I used mandarin oranges instead.

Provided by SailingChef

Categories Healthy

Time 15m

Yield 6 serving(s)

Number Of Ingredients 6

Ingredients

8 ounces soft fresh goat cheese, crumbled
16 ounces mandarin oranges
2 oranges
1/4 cup honey
1/4 teaspoon ground pepper
12 -18 slices French baguettes (1/2 inch-thick )

Steps:

Using vegetable peeler, remove peel (orange part only, the white part is bitter) in strips from both oranges.
Cut peel into 1/8 to 1/4 inch pieces, reserving a bit to mix with the goat cheese and placing reminder into medium saucepan.
Squeeze 1 Tbls of fresh orange juice into saucepan. Discard oranges.
Chop mandarin oranges in half and add to saucepan along with black pepper and honey.
Bring to boil over medium-high heat and cook uncovered until thick and reduced, stirring frequently, about 10 minutes. Cool.
Mix crumbled goat cheese with reserved orange peel in separate bowl.
Top toasted baguette slices with goat cheese, then marmalade.
Place crostini on platter and serve.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 555.8, Fat 12.1, SaturatedFat 6.4, Cholesterol 17.4, Sodium 920.7, Carbohydrate 93.7, Fiber 6.3, Sugar 24.3, Protein 19.3