Strawberry, Goats' Cheese and Pistachio Crostini

These Strawberry. Goat's Cheese and Pistachio Crostini, are one of the easiest items you can prepare for any summer occasion. A scrumptious, sweet and savoury, light and refreshing summer appetizer or a snack. These crostinis are loaded with juicy strawberries, creamy and salty goats' cheese and then garnished with lightly toasted pistachio slivers, balsamic, maple syrup and mint leaves. It's a gorgeous summer treat!

Like I said, Crostini is one of the easiest dishes you can prepare in less than 10 minutes. Simply toast or bake some bread with olive oil and pile up with a mixture of ingredients you fancy. This weekend was quite relaxing for us, plenty of cricket matches were scheduled, so while we were watching women's cricket between India and Pakistan, the match between India Vs West Indies was recording on the box. When you are on a binge-watch, you're going to need some snacks and that too quick snacks which you can make in a commercial break. We got little peckish, so I prepared this super tasty crostini and we really enjoyed it, and I quickly clicked a few pics of it.

When I served crostini to my husband, he looked at it and asked me 'You forgot to cut the tops (green leaves) of the strawberries? 'No, I haven't and we are going to eat it too' I replied. 'Are you sure?' he asked. Yes, there is no harm in eating it, recently I've read in one of the articles that instead of tossing out those tops, eat your strawberries whole as these green leaves of strawberries are very healthy and flavourful'  I reassured him. Then we all finished the whole plate of crostini without realising that we also ate strawberry leaves :)

Notes:-
Instead of Maple syrup, you can use honey or agave nectar.
If you decide to use strawberry tops ( green leaves) please wash it carefully with plenty of water.
Don't like the taste of Balsamic Vinegar, omit it.
I had half a punnet of Blueberries, so I decide to use it, maybe you can use this recipe for 4th of July celebrations.

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Strawberry, Goats Cheese & Pistachio Crostini

by Jagruti July-3-2017

A scrumptious, sweet and savoury, light and refreshing summer appetizer or snack with juicy strawberries, creamy and salty goats' cheese, then garnished with lightly toasted pistachio slivers, balsamic vinegar, maple syrup and mint leaves.

Ingredients

• 2 cup Strawberries quartered
• 150g Goats Cheese
• 2 tbsp. Pistachio slivers
• 3-4 tbsp. Blueberries
• 8 slice bread or baguette
• 2 tbsp. Balsamic Vinegar
• 2 tbsp. Maple syrup
• Pinch salt
• Pinch Black pepper
• 2-3 tbsp. Olive oil

Instructions

Pre heat oven to gas mark 6.Place bread slices on a baking tray, drizzle olive oil on it and bake it for 3-4 minutes on both sides.meanwhile combine cheese, salt and black pepper.Once bread slices are toasted, remove it on a serving dish.Spread the goats' cheese, arrange the berries and sprinkle pistachio slivers. Drizzle some vinegar and maple syrup and garnish it with mint or basil leaves.Serve straight away.Enjoy!

Details

Prep time: 5 mins Cook time: 7 mins Total time: 12 mins Yield: 4 servings