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Herbed Ricotta Crostini with Marinated Tomatoes

November 22, 2017

Herbed Ricotta Crostini with Marinated Tomatoes is an easy, but delicious holiday appetizer recipe! This simple recipe is beautifully festive and so easy to prepare!

  Herbed Ricotta Crostini with Marinated Tomatoes
Herbed Ricotta Crostini with Marinated Tomatoes will be your go to holiday appetizer recipe! It is quick and easy, and the red, white, and green is so festive!

I hope you are gearing up for a great Thanksgiving spent with your family. I cannot wait for all the delicious food and relaxing family time!  But if I’m being honest, the true star of Thanksgiving week for me is Black Friday. Yes, I am one of those people. The annoying ones who spend all Friday in the stores looking for great deals. I love shopping, so a whole day dedicated to shopping is right up my alley!

You know what I love as much as Black Friday? Appetizers. Since they are so small, you can fit so many different types of food on your plate, and I love eating a big variety of things. They are one of my favorite things to make and are perfect for holiday entertaining. Appetizers work great for Christmas or New Year’s Eve because you can set a bunch out and people can pick on them throughout the night.

When planning a meal based around appetizers, I like to always include a bread based one, either a crostini or bruschetta, so this year I made two different types to try out. Check out the recipe for the tomato version below or if you are looking for something meatier, check out this Balsamic Beef and Herbed Cheese Crostini! 

If you have never tried arugula, you have to! It has become our favorite green in this house because it is just so versatile and the taste is amazing. It is a peppery green and goes so well in salad, in pasta, wilted under a cutlet, or as the base of a crostini. It adds a fresh, crisp, peppery taste to any dish you include it in. If you are an Aldi shopper, they always have organic baby arugula in their lettuce section, and you can’t beat the price. If for some reason you can’t find arugula, fresh baby spinach would work fine as well, but you would miss out on some of the taste!

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Herbed Ricotta Crostini with Marinated Tomatoes

Prep Time 10 minutes
Author Amanda @ Old House to New Home

Ingredients

  • 1 French Baguette cut into 1/2 inch slices
  • 5 oz. container of Boursin Herb and Garlic Cheese generic is fine
  • 5 oz. ricotta cheese whole milk is best
  • 2 cups fresh arugula
  • half a pint cherry tomatoes halved
  • 1/3 cup balsamic vinegar
  • 1/2 cup extra virgin olive oil
  • 2 garlic cloves minced
  • salt to taste
  • pepper to taste

Instructions

  1. Halve your tomatoes and place them in a shallow bowl. Add the vinegar, oil, garlic and then sprinkle with salt and pepper. Let tomatoes sit one hour. Do not refrigerate as this will make the tomatoes mushy.


  2. Meanwhile, mix together the two cheeses until smooth. Refrigerate until tomatoes are ready. 

  3. Halve your tomatoes and place them in a shallow bowl. Pour over the vinegar, oil, garlic and then sprinkle with salt and pepper. Let tomatoes sit one hour. Do not refrigerate as this will make the tomatoes mushy.


  4. Meanwhile, mix together the two cheeses until smooth. Refrigerate until tomatoes are ready. Toast your bread in a skillet, in the oven, or over a grill pan. Spread about 1 tsp. of the cheese mixture over your bread, top with a few pieces of arugula, and then one tomato. Repeat until you use all the slices. Drizzle the remaining tomato marinade over the crostini right before serving. Enjoy!

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Posted by Amanda @ Old House to New Home 3 Comments
Filed Under: Appetizer

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  1. Holiday Entertaining with a Bacon Bar says:
    December 7, 2016 at 10:52 am

    […] of bacon or bacon recipes on your bar! Have some light appetizers to round out the menu like my marinated tomato crostini! Add some bacon to it and you have the most delicious […]

    Reply
  2. No Fail Holiday Entertaining Menu says:
    December 14, 2017 at 8:09 am

    […] my favorite. I love thinking up new finger foods. Bruschetta and crostini are my favorite. Herbed Ricotta Crostini with Marinated Tomatoes looks fancy, but is so easy. I also have a meat version with steak on it which is perfect for New […]

    Reply
  3. Balsamic Beef Crostini with Herbed Cheese and Arugula says:
    March 4, 2019 at 11:26 am

    […] Bruschetta is always a crowd pleaser, but I wanted to do something a little different this year. These crostini are absolutely delicious and takes barely any time or effort to make. You can also make put these all together in advance and just add the steak right before serving! I love a good make ahead appetizer. Want a meatless version? Try my version with herbed cheese and marinated tomatoes. […]

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