Cheddar Crostini Food

HONEYCRISP APPLE, CHEDDAR, BACON AND DANDELION CROSTINI

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F.
• Add about 1 tablespoon olive oil to a large saute pan. Lay the bacon strips in the pan and bring the pan to a medium heat. Cook the bacon until browned and crisp. Drain the bacon on paper towels. DO NOT ditch the bacon fat. Reserve it for finishing the crostini.
• Toast the bread slices lightly on both sides in the oven. Remove the toast from the oven and arrange a thin layer of the sliced apples on each toast. Top the apples with the cheese and return the toasts to the oven. Bake the crostini until the cheese starts to melt and get bubbly, 5 to 7 minutes.
• Place 2 bacon strips on each crostino and return to the oven for 1 to 2 minutes.
• While the crostini are doing their final toast, ditch about half the bacon fat. Heat the remaining bacon fat in the pan and whisk in the vinegar. Turn the heat off and toss in the dandelion greens, season with salt and stir to coat the greens with the vinaigrette.
• Remove the crostini from the oven, cut the bread in half and then top with the wilted dandelion greens.

CHEDDAR CHEESE CROSTINI

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400 degrees. Bake the slices of bread until lightly browned (about 10 minutes). The slices may be toasted under a broiler or over a grill instead.
• Preheat broiler. Spread the slices with mustard, topped with slices of cheddar cheese and sprinkle with cayenne. Brown under the broiler and arrange on a serving platter.

CHEDDAR CROSTINI

Steps:

• In a frying pan saute onion in oil until tender.
• Add the tomatoes and stir over low heat 5 to 10 minutes or until slightly thickened.
• Stir in the vinegar,yolk and cheese.
• Add salt and pepper to taste.
• Spread the mixture onto the toast slices.
• In a toaster oven broil until cheese is bubbly.