White Bean Crostini

About This Recipe

Crostini are fun, bite-sized appetizers made of little slices of toasted baguette and topped with whatever your heart desires. For this crostini recipe, I used a healthy white bean topping drizzled with balsamic.

Ingredients

• 2 cups canned Cannelini or Northern Beans (drained and rinsed)
• 2 tbsp olive oil (extra virgin)
• 4 tbsp water
• 1 tbsp fresh thyme
• 1 clove garlic
• kosher salt (and fresh pepper)
• 8 1/2 inch piece of baguette ( (4 oz total) sliced into 1/4" thin slices)
• 1 garlic clove
• olive oil spray
• extra fresh thyme for garnish
• balsamic vinegar (for drizzling)

Instructions

1. Cut the bread into 1/4" thin slices.
2. You can toast these in the oven with a little olive oil spray at 400F turning once until toasted or grill them with a light spray of olive oil until golden.
3. Once the bread is toasted, lightly rub it with a garlic clove cut in half. Now your bread is ready to top.
4. Pureé in a small blender or magic bullet all the ingredients for the white bean spread. If it's too dry you can add a little more water.
5. Top each piece with 2 teaspoons of the white bean puree and garnish with fresh thyme.
6. Drizzle with a touch of balsamic right before serving.