Roasted Grape & Goat Cheese Crostini
Balsamic roasted grapes paired with creamy herbed goat cheese and honey make for a beautiful winter party appetizer! These elegant bites pack a ton of flavour, are simple to pull together and pair wonderfully with a glass of your favourite wine.
Servings 30 crostini
Ingredients
For the Crostini
- 1 baguette
- 1/4 cup extra virgin olive oil
- fine sea salt to taste
For the Topping
- 3 cups grapes , washed and halved
- 2 tbsp extra virgin olive oil
- 1 tbsp balsamic vinegar
- 1 tbsp dried rosemary
- 1 tsp thyme leaves
- 8 oz herbed goat cheese
- 1-2 tsp honey
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 375°F. Slice baguette into 1/4 inch thick slices on a diagonal. Arrange on a baking pan, brush with olive oil, and sprinkle fine sea salt. Bake for 5-7 minutes, flip slices over and bake for another 5 minutes. Remove from oven.
- While baguette slices are toasting, toss the grape halves with olive oil, balsamic vinegar, rosemary and thyme and put into a 9x9 baking dish. After crostini is removed from oven, increase temperature of oven to 400°F and roast grapes for 20-25 minutes. Grapes should be slightly wrinkled at this point.
- Spread goat cheese over crostini. Arrange grapes on top and then drizzle with honey. Best enjoyed served warm!