As promised! Yet another thing you can do with all the Sun Dried Tomatoes we made last week.
I made these delightful little appetizers for brunch last Sunday. I wished after the fact that I had made twice as many because they were gone almost immediately.
That may have been partially because I ate at least four of them. C’est la vie. Anyway.
I wanted to be able to call these little beauties “Sun Dried Tomato Crostini” but sadly I did not have a baguette (GF or otherwise) sitting around. But if you wanted to impress your friends you could use little toasted slices of baguette and call it crostini. Because that just sounds so much more sophisticated than “appetizers”.
Or we could go the French route and call them “Sun Dried Tomato Hors D’oeuvres”. (Yes, I had to look up the spelling.) Or, my favorite, “Sun Dried Tomato Amuse-Bouche”. But since most of us are not running French bistros I guess “appetizers” will do.
(Note to self: Someday open a French bistro so you can use fancy words like “amuse-bouche” and not feel ridiculous.)
This recipe makes just enough for 12 but you can easily double, triple, or quadruple the amounts listed to make more. These come together in under5 minutes and are super yummy and impressive on a buffet table.
Sun Dried Tomato Appetizers
12 of your favorite crackers
2 oz goat cheese
2 oz cream cheese, room temperature
a splash of heavy cream (to get the mixture to spreading consistency)
2 tsp minced fresh chives
1/4 tsp minced garlic
Kosher Salt and Freshly Ground Black Pepper to taste
12 Sun Dried Tomatoes
Instructions:
Mix goat cheese, cream cheese, heavy cream, chives, garlic, and salt and pepper until smooth and spreadable.
Spread a thick layer of cheese on each cracker. Top with a Sun Dried Tomato.
Makes 12 appetizers.
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