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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. 
Course: appetizers
Cuisine: American
Servings: 20
Author: D. Durand Worthey

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

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.