This incredibly easy recipe for blue cheese and fig jam crostini makes a perfect flavorful appetizer, or even a light lunch or supper. And with just 4 ingredients it’s a snap to put together in no time!
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I realize that for a while there I was posting about crostini ALL THE TIME, and I needed to get ahold of myself. But it’s been a while now, and I can only resist the crostini siren song for so long, and so here I am back again in my crostini groove. This time with fig jam and blue cheese. Can you blame me? I can’t blame me.
Why we love this recipe
So, just to repeat what I have already said a million times before, crostini is as simple as grabbing a loaf of french bread, slicing it on the diagonal into nice thin slices, brushing them with olive oil and baking them until they are just a little crispy. We’re not looking for brown here, except maybe around the edges…just a nice toasty feel.
Cool ’em down, and then all that is left to do is spread them with a little fig jam and a small slice of your favorite blue cheese. I had some Maytag blue, but a creamy Gorgonzola would be heaven as well. As for the jam, I am seriously in love with Dalmatia fig jam, which comes in this cute little jar. You can find fig jam right here if you can’t find it in your supermarket.
And there you are, right there on the crostini highway with me!
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PrintBlue Cheese and Fig Jam Crostini
This incredibly easy recipe for blue cheese and fig jam crostini makes a perfect flavorful appetizer, or even a light lunch or supper.
- Prep Time: 15 minutes
- Cook Time: 10 minutes
- Total Time: 25 minutes
- Yield: 24 crostini 1x
- Category: Appetizer
- Method: Oven
- Cuisine: American
- Diet: Vegetarian
Ingredients
- 24 thin slices baguette (from 1 small loaf)
- 2 tablespoons olive oil
- 3/4 cup fig jam
- 4 ounces blue cheese, thinly sliced
Instructions
- Heat oven to 400° F.
- Place the baguette slices on a baking sheet lined with parchment or a silicone mat and brush both sides of the bread with the oil. Bake until just crisp, about 10 minutes.
- Spread the jam on the toasts and top with the cheese. And you’ve made crostini!
Meghan says
Love this appetizer! So simple and a huge crowd pleaser. Tasty!!
Castello says
Goes great with castello's crumbled danish blue! :]
Kate says
These look amazing…I love each ingredient. What a delightful combo!!
Vicki says
These sound delicious!!!
Mindy says
I'm so addicted to fig jam right now. I made your brie bites and did a post with a link to yours. http://rindymae.blogspot.com/2011/09/game-day-apps-fig-jam-brie-bites.html
I swear I could eat this kind of stuff every day.
I'm pinning these too. :)
Becki's Whole Life says
I definitely can't blame you for posting this. I love different jams with cheese and on top of some good bread – oh my. This blue and fig jam combo sounds wonderful!
Joanne says
I will never ever tire of your crostini. Especially not when they involve figs and cheese!