Herb Cream Crostini with Fall Fruit & Honey

This Herb Cream Crostini Recipe is piled with herb cream cheese, fall fruit, and honey, and it’s pretty amazing.

It’s a great appetizer idea for the holidays or weekend brunch. 

This crostini appetizer is piled high with our favorite toppings; we’re sharing the recipe below so you can try it.

Mangia bene!

Herb Cream Crostini with Fall Fruit & Honey

Looking for an easy and delicious appetizer perfect for your weekend brunch menu?

Try our Herb Cream Cheese, Fall Fruit & Honey Crostini.

Yeah, it’s a mouthful, but incredibly delicious on so many levels.

If you are a bread lover, this is a great recipe to try, and it’s also a great recipe for beginning cooks and veterans alike.

Because our recipe is super straightforward and easy to pull off, the results will leave you wanting to make these again and again.

Gather the ingredients ahead of time, and, in under thirty minutes, you and your guests will be enjoying this delicious autumn appetizer.

It’s that easy and that good!

Ever since I first discovered the joys of crostini, I have loved them!

I’m talking about a major bread obsession. Think warm hunks of homemade bread, light croissants, and just about every kind of bread.

But as much as I adore bread, I love it even more when it’s toasted and slathered with herb cream cheese and sweet honey.

The bar has pretty much officially been raised. Like HIGH high! We’re talking about joy in the morning level of deliciousness!

But wait, there’s more! If you think toasted rounds of a French baguette are something you enjoy, how about crostini topped with a sumptuous trio of fresh fall-ready fruit?

Yes! Imagine the juicy flavor of nectarines, black plums, and crisp apples.

There is something so special about fall fruits. Maybe it’s because I enjoy lots of recipes made with apples, pears, plums, peaches, and nectarines, from baked pies, upside-down cakes, galettes, hand pies, fruit crisps, and so much more.

Right now, fall fruits are where it’s at, and I am gonna get my fill until spring.

So embrace your love of this yummy carbaceous delight, grab a baguette and the rest of the ingredients below, and let the good times roll.

I think you’re gonna love it!

You Will Love This Recipe Because This Crostini Recipe is:

• Crispy Edges
• Buttery
• Herbaceous
• Savory
• Honey-Sweet
• Fruity
• Delicious
• Easy To Make

How to make this Crostini Appetizer piled with Herb Cream Cheese, Fall Fruit & Honey  

Serving Size: 20 crostinis

Ingredients:

• 1 French baguette, sliced into 1/4 inch rounds (makes about 20 rounds)
• 1 black plum or regular plum, washed and thinly sliced
• 1 nectarine, washed and thinly sliced
• 1 Pink Lady apple, washed, cored, and thinly sliced 
• 2 tablespoons  extra virgin olive oil
• 2 tablespoons unsalted butter
• 1 (8-ounce) package of room temperature cream cheese
• 4 Sprigs of fresh rosemary; use only the leaves
• 2 Sprigs of fresh thyme; use only the leaves
• 2 tablespoons of honey (plus more for drizzling)
• flaky sea salt to taste
• freshly cracked black peppercorns to taste 
• Fresh mint for garnish

Directions on how to make a Crostini Recipe:

1. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees
2. Using a bread knife, slice the French baguette into about 20 1/4 inch rounds. Place the rounds on a baking sheet.
3. Into a small saucepan, add the butter and melt it over medium-low heat. Remove the pan from the heat and add extra virgin olive oil.
4. Brush the baguette’s top, bottom, and sides with the butter and extra virgin olive oil mixture.
5. Sprinkle with flaky sea salt and freshly cracked black peppercorns to taste.
6. Place the sheet pan on the middle rack of a 350-degree preheated oven. Bake for 15-20 minutes. Rotate at the midpoint, and turn the crostini over to brown the bottom. 
7. Remove the crostini from the oven and allow the crostini to cool, then top each toasted round with herb honey cream cheese (see below) and fresh fruit.

Directions for making Herb Cream Cheese

1. Add the ingredients into the bowl of a food processor and pulse until smooth.
2. Slather the tops of crostini with the Herb Cream Cheese mixture. 

Layer with slices of plum, nectarine, or apple (feel free to mix/match). 

Drizzle with your favorite honey; we used Thyme honey.

Add a fresh mint leaf.

Serve. 

Why you should use Fresh Fall Fruit

Use fall fruit that’s at its peak of ripeness. You should look for fruit that is firm, without any bruises, and sweet.

Rinse fruit and thinly slice.

After the apples are sliced, place them in a cup of water with a tablespoon of sugar and a tablespoon of lemon juice to prevent them from turning brown. 

Use fall fruit that’s at its peak of ripeness.

What if I don’t own a food processor? 

If you do not own a food processor, you can use the pulse feature in a blender, or you can mix by hand. Mixing by hand will take a bit longer, and I recommend using a whisk. That way, you can really mix in the ingredients to create a creamy consistency. 

Can I change up the fruit I top my crostini with? 

Go ahead and reach for the fruit you prefer to top your crostini. I have even used pears when they are ripe and available at the grocery store. Feel free to adjust and use whatever fruit you prefer in terms of flavor. 

Could I use a vegan cream cheese? 

If you want to make this into a vegan appetizer, go right ahead and swap ingredients for vegan options.

Instead of honey, you could use agave or maple syrup. 

Why do you add different fruits to each crostini? 

Adding a variety of fruits to each crostini is going to offer different textures but also different flavors when you bite into the crostini.

It is going to really create so much flavor for you and your family or guests. 

Can I make these in advance? 

You will find the bread is going to become soggy if you make it in advance.

As the cream cheese sits on top, it can become soggy, so I recommend making it right before you plan to serve it up for the best texture. 

Find other appetizers down below:

Loaded Air Fryer Potatoes + French Onion Dip

 Open-Faced Roast Beef & Turkey Sliders

Spicy Carrot + Chickpea Dip

Herb Cream Cheese, Fall Fruit & Honey Crostini Recipe

This Herb Cream Crostini Recipe is piled with herb cream cheese, fall fruit, and honey, and it's pretty amazing. It's a great appetizer idea for the holidays or weekend brunch. 

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Course: appetizers

Cuisine: American

Servings: 20

Author: D. Durand Worthey

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Ingredients

 

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• 1 French baguette sliced into 1/4 inch rounds (makes about 20 rounds)
• 1 black plum or regular plum washed and thinly sliced
• 1 nectarine washed and thinly sliced
• 1 Pink Lady apple washed, cored, and thinly sliced
• 2 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil
• 2 tablespoons unsalted butter
• 1 8-ounce package of room temperature cream cheese
• 4 Sprigs of fresh rosemary; use only the leaves
• 2 Sprigs of fresh thyme; use only the leaves
• 2 tablespoons of honey plus more for drizzling
• flaky sea salt to taste
• freshly cracked black peppercorns to taste
• Fresh mint for garnish

Instructions

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees
• Using a bread knife, slice the French baguette into about 20 1/4 inch rounds. Place the rounds on a baking sheet.
• Into a small saucepan, add the butter and melt it over medium-low heat. Remove the pan from the heat and add extra virgin olive oil.
• Brush the baguette's top, bottom, and sides with the butter and extra virgin olive oil mixture.
• Sprinkle with flaky sea salt and freshly cracked black peppercorns to taste.
• Place the sheet pan on the middle rack of a 350-degree preheated oven. Bake for 15-20 minutes. Rotate at the midpoint, and turn the crostini over to brown the bottom.
• Remove the crostini from the oven and allow the crostini to cool, then top each toasted round with herb honey cream cheese (see below) and fresh fruit.
• Add the room temperature cream cheese, sprigs of rosemary (leaves only), thyme leaves, flaky sea salt and freshly cracked black peppercorns into the bowl of a food processor and pulse until smooth.
• Slather the tops of crostini with the Herb Cream Cheese mixture.
• Layer with slices of plum, nectarine, or apple (feel free to mix/match).
• Drizzle with your favorite honey; we used Thyme honey.
• Add a fresh mint leaf.
• Serve.

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