Amazingly delicious and super easy appetizer

An amazingly delicious and super easy appetizer to make just in time for the holidays! I call it Phenom Fig and Peppers Croschetta. The recipe is below.

I used a baguette from Trader Joes. It’s a really good baguette. Perfect texture, great just sliced without adding heat, but I wanted the bread to be warm to melt the goat cheese a little bit as I spread it on and to be soft so I warmed it in the oven.  

If you prefer your bread to be hard and a little crunchy, make this a bruschetta by grilling your bread, or toast it for a more traditional Crostini.  Since the bread in the recipe is just warmed slightly in the oven I didn’t feel right calling it either… hence, CROSCHETTA!

I had sauteed yellow and orange bell peppers in EVO with garlic, oregano, s/p, and fresh basil leaves the night before I made this so it was super quick to use it the next day for this recipe.

You could also add onions or shallots. I think shallots may be better than onions. Also, you could swap the herbs … I think Herbs of Provence would be really good with the goat cheese. Really though, basil, oregano, thyme, HoP, any of them work! Just depends on what you have on hand or what you are in the mood for… and maybe the kind of cheese… some herbs pair better with certain cheeses. 

Favorite Cheese and Bread Pairings that also make delicious and super easy appetizers

• feta and oregano
•  goat cheese and herbs of provence 

I also think using fresh figs rather than the preserves would be great. It would take a bit longer but would cut down on sugar and keep things clean.

The result here of once again pulling leftovers together to create something new was really exciting for me. A PHENOMENOL Success! If you are looking for a new holiday hors d’oeuvre that’s amazingly delicious and super easy appetizer, this is it!! 

Phenom Fig and Peppers Croschetta

An amazingly delicious and super easy appetizer to make just in time for the holidays! Baguette slices topped with goat cheese, fig preserves and sauteed peppers.

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Course Appetizer

Cuisine American, French, Mediterranean

Instructions

 

• Thin baguette slices.
• Bake in 400-degree oven for 1-2 minutes. Just to warm.
• Spread each slice with goat cheese.
• Add a layer of fig preserves.
• Slice peppers and sautee in olive oil with fresh garlic, dried oregano, salt and pepper to taste. Add onions or shallots, if you wish. About 1 -2 minutes before finished, add fresh basil leaves,

Notes

I used St. Dalfour Royal Fig preserves purchsed from Christmas Tree Shop. It’s also  available on Amazon. Here’s a link if you are interested. 

Keyword baguette, figs, goat cheese, peppers, quick