Here's a appetizer that we intended to serve at our dinner party but we ran out of time and HAD to eat them all ourselves!
I found this recipe on a fun new blog The Italian Dish while looking for fig recipes. If only I could find fresh figs in DC to accompany these delicious little bites, this presentation would have been perfect.
Although sweet basil is probably easier to find in the supermarket, we used thai basil from our balcony garden instead. It gave it a little more punch and the leaves were the perfect size!
INGREDIENTS
1 fresh baguette
1/8 cup olive oil
sea salt or kosher salt
4 ounces goat cheese, plain, at room temperature
6 tablespoons fig jam
3 slices prosciutto, each cut in half
6 fresh basil leaves
(makes six crostini)
Preheat oven to 375 F degrees.
Slice six 1/2-inch slices of bread from the baguette. I slice mine slightly on the diagonal. Place on a baking sheet and brush generously with the olive oil. Sprinkle a little salt on each slice. Bake for about 10 minutes, or until crisp and slightly golden. Watch that they do not burn. Remove from oven and cool slightly.
Spread some goat cheese on each crostini. Spread about a tablespoon of fig jam on top of the goat cheese. Fold the half slices of prosciutto and place on top of each crostini. Lay a fresh basil leaf on each and serve.
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