Goat Cheese Appetizer
This Goat Cheese Appetizer takes minutes to prepare and turns out delicious every time. Keep these items on hand, especially when entertaining. Makes a perfect snack for the family, too.
Servings: 4
Calories: 397kcal
Ingredients
- 1 french baguette - sliced into ¼” rounds 16 slices
- 1 pint “grape tomatoes”
- 1 bunch baby arugula
- 8 ounces prosciutto thinly sliced
- 1 log goat cheese 16 slices
- salt & pepper
- 4 Tbs olive oil
- 2 Tbs balsamic vinegar
Instructions
- Heat oven to 400 degrees.
- Lay out grape tomatoes in a single layer in glass pyrex dish.
- Drizzle with olive oil and sprinkle salt & pepper.
- Bake 20 minutes. The tomatoes will pop and sizzle.
- Remove from oven and drizzle balsamic vinegar over tomatoes.
- Once cool, lightly smash each tomato with a fork so they split open. The tomatoes should still be intact. Reserve oil and vinegar.
- Toast the baguette rounds in the oven on a baking sheet until golden and crisp, about 10 minutes.
- Remove and cool.
- Arrange a thin slice of goat cheese on each toast piece and top with 2 or 3 tomatoes and 1 piece of prosciutto.
- Toss the arugula in the left over “dressing” from the tomatoes and place a few leaves on top of each crostini.
- Serve.
Nutrition
Serving: 1 | Calories: 397kcal | Carbohydrates: 8g | Protein: 9g | Fat: 37g | Saturated Fat: 10g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 5g | Monounsaturated Fat: 20g | Trans Fat: 0.1g | Cholesterol: 38mg | Sodium: 394mg | Potassium: 404mg | Fiber: 2g | Sugar: 4g | Vitamin A: 1021IU | Vitamin C: 16mg | Calcium: 18mg | Iron: 1mg