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I used Challenge Unsalted Butter to make these crostini. Challenge Unsalted Butter is 100% real cream butter—nothing artificial or synthetic. I typically use unsalted butter so I can adjust the salt level to my liking.
Brûléed Blue Cheese Crostini with Pear and Walnuts
Yield: 12 servings
Time: 20 minutes
Ingredients
- 1 baguette, cut into 1/2″-thick slices
- 2 Tablespoons unsalted Challenge Unsalted Butter, softened
- 2 red anjou or Bartlett pears, sliced thin
- 4 ounces blue cheese, sliced thin
- 2 Tablespoons granulated sugar
- Hot honey for drizzling
- 1/4 cup walnuts, chopped and toasted
Directions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit.
- Spread baguette slices with thin layer of butter. Bake in oven until golden and toasted, about 10 to 15 minutes.
- Remove from oven and cool.
- Place one slice of pear on each baguette slice and top with blue cheese.
- Sprinkle sugar on top of blue cheese. Use kitchen torch to caramelize sugar.
- Drizzle hot honey over cheese and top with walnut pieces. Serve immediately.
Brûléed Goat Cheese Crostini with Fig and Hazelnuts
Yield: 12 servings
Time: 20 minutes
Ingredients
- 1 baguette, cut into 1/2″-thick slices
- 2 Tablespoons unsalted Challenge Unsalted Butter softened
- 3/4 cup fig preserves
- 1 (8-ounce) goat cheese log, sliced thin
- 2 Tablespoons granulated sugar
- Hot honey for drizzling
- 1/4 cup hazelnuts, chopped and toasted
Directions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit.
- Spread baguette slices with thin layer of butter. Bake in oven until golden and toasted, about 10 to 15 minutes.
- Remove from oven and cool.
- Spread fig preserves on each baguette slice and top with goat cheese.
- Sprinkle sugar on top of goat cheese. Use kitchen torch to caramelize sugar.
- Drizzle hot honey over cheese and top with hazelnut pieces. Serve immediately.
Brûléed Brie Crostini with Chocolate and Pistachios
Yield: 12 servings
Time: 20 minutes
Ingredients
- 1 baguette, cut into 1/2″-thick slices
- 2 Tablespoons unsalted Challenge Unsalted Butter, softened
- 3/4 cup raspberry preserves
- 4 ounces dark chocolate, cut into 1-inch pieces
- 6 ounces brie cheese, cut into 1/8-inch strips
- 2 Tablespoons granulated sugar
- 1/4 cup pistachios, chopped
Directions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit.
- Spread baguette slices with thin layer of butter. Bake in oven until golden and toasted, about 10 to 15 minutes.
- Remove from oven and cool.
- Spread raspberry preserves on each baguette slice and top with piece of chocolate and brie.
- Sprinkle sugar on top of brie. Use kitchen torch to caramelize sugar.
- Top with pistachio pieces. Serve immediately.