How To Make Delicious Cranberry Crostini
In this cranberry crostini dish, the bread is toasted in olive oil for a savory taste against a crunchy texture and adding the tartness of cranberries.
Serves:
Ingredients
For Crostini:
- 1loafcrusty whole grain bread,sliced into ½-inch thick slices
- 2tbspolive oil
- sea salt
- 10ozgoat cheese,brie, ricotta, or cream cheese would be fine substitutes, preferably at room temperature
For Cranberry Orange Sauce:
- ½cuphoney
- ½cupwater
- ½tspground cinnamon
- ¼tspground cloves
- ¼tspground allspice
- 12ozfresh cranberries,(1 bag)
- 1orange,zest, orange part only, divided
Instructions
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Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F. Lightly brush both sides of each slice of bread with olive oil and arrange them in a single layer on a baking sheet.
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Lightly sprinkle the slices with salt. Toast the bread in the oven for 10 to 12 minutes, turning halfway, until the slices are lightly golden on both sides. Set the pan aside to cool.
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Rinse the cranberries and toss any squishy ones. In a large, heavy-bottomed saucepan, bring water, honey, cinnamon, cloves, and allspice to a gentle boil.
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Add the cranberries and cook, stirring frequently, for about 3 minutes or until the cranberries have popped and the sauce is starting to look, well, saucy.
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Remove from heat and stir in about two-thirds of the orange zest.
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Top each slice of toast with a generous spread of cheese, then cranberry sauce and a light sprinkle of orange zest. Serve.
Nutrition
- Calories: 378.77kcal
- Fat: 13.54g
- Saturated Fat: 6.18g
- Trans Fat: 0.00g
- Monounsaturated Fat: 4.65g
- Polyunsaturated Fat: 1.72g
- Carbohydrates: 51.44g
- Fiber: 7.06g
- Sugar: 24.58g
- Protein: 15.18g
- Cholesterol: 16.30mg
- Sodium: 454.63mg
- Calcium: 127.13mg
- Potassium: 229.50mg
- Iron: 2.47mg
- Vitamin A: 105.18µg
- Vitamin C: 14.56mg
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