Roasted Cherry Goat Cheese Crostini appetizers: sweet, yet savoury; crisp, yet creamy. You'll love this finger food at your next party!
Crostini appetizers are always popular when I serve them. You can pack a lot of interesting flavour combinations on top of one small slice of baguette!
If you love creating crostini as much as I do, check out this post on 5 Tips for Making Crostini which outlines common mistakes and how to prevent them.
Cherry season is such a short one, and fresh cherries are incredibly delicious. However, you can make this crostini appetizer with frozen cherries, as well. Luckily, there's no need to do without cherries in the middle of winter. Frozen organic cherries are readily available in supermarkets.
As you know, I avoid gluten in my diet, and gluten-free baguettes are now available, often in the freezer section. My local bakery sells products made with ancient grains and I've found that spelt flour sometimes agrees with me. I used a spelt baguette in this recipe, but any baguette will be successful.
Crostini appetizers make popular finger food
These Roasted Cherry and Goat Cheese Crostini rate right up there with my other favourite crostini recipes, like this Blue Cheese Crostini with Crisp Honeyed Pear , Roasted Grape and Goat Cheese Crostini or Honey Roasted Fig and Burrata Crostini.
We gave these ones with roasted cherries a 10 out of 10. They're sweet, and yet they're savoury. They're crispy, but creamy. Tiny toasts, smeared with salty goat cheese spread, topped with rosemary roasted cherries and drizzled with honey and balsamic glaze made an appy to remember, or "one for the blog" as we say.
Ingredients for Roasted Cherry Goat Cheese Crostini
- a baguette: any type, or gluten-free
- olive oil
- cherries: fresh or frozen
- rosemary: fresh
- goat cheese: soft and creamy
- cream cheese: regular or low-fat
- lemon juice and zest
- honey
- balsamic glaze: homemade or store-bought
Roasted Cherry Goat Cheese Crostini are easy to make!
- Toast the baguette slices.
- Whip the goat cheese, cream cheese, lemon juice, zest and honey to make a spread.
- Roast the cherries with rosemary.
- Assemble and drizzle with honey and balsamic glaze.
- Devour these little gems!
Roasted Cherry Goat Cheese Crostini
Ingredients
- 12 slices baguette 1/2 inch thick
- 2 tsp olive oil extra virgin
- 24 fresh or frozen cherries pitted and halved
- 1 sprig fresh rosemary
- 1/4 cup soft goat cheese
- 1/4 cup cream cheese
- 1/2 tsp coarse sea salt
- 1 tbsp + 1 tsp honey
- 1 tbsp balsamic glaze home made or store-bought, for drizzling
Instructions
- Slice the baguette into 1/2 inch slices.
- Brush lightly with extra-virgin olive oil. Bake at 375°F for 7 – 8 minutes, turning over halfway through until golden brown. The crostini should be slightly crispy on top but the inside should be tender.
- Spread cherries on a parchment-paper lined baking sheet. Drizzle with a little olive oil and sprinkle with chopped fresh rosemary. Roast in the oven for 5 - 7 minutes while you're toasting the baguette.
- In a mini food processor (or blender) make the whipped goat cheese: combine goat cheese, cream cheese, 1 tsp honey, 1/2 tsp lemon juice and 1/2 tsp lemon zest. Process until blended.
- Spread each baguette slice with whipped goat cheese, top with two or three roasted cherry halves, drizzle with remaining honey and balsamic glaze and sprinkle with coarse sea salt and fresh rosemary. Serve and enjoy!
Nutrition
Guarantee success! Check out this post on 5 Tips for Making Crostini.
This post was originally published in 2016. I have updated it with new information and photos.
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Barbara golightly says
Sounds delicious
Flavour & Savour says
Thanks! Can't get enough of these little bites!
Meaghan says
Mouth watering! Thinking a few of these crostini and a glass of Pinot Noir would make for a perfect Friday night!
Flavour & Savour says
You've got that right. And that's exactly what we did--(actually while binging on Netflix):) Thanks, Meaghan!
Shauna says
This looks absolutely stunning. We were in BC last week and the cherries were delish. Can't wait to do something with them now that we're home!
Flavour & Savour says
Hi Shauna, Cherry season is such a short one! Hope you get a chance to use them--they're just SO good!
Isabelle @ Crumb says
Love this combo of sweet and savoury. I literally cannot get enough of the fresh cherries right now... so any excuse to eat more of them is fine by me! 🙂 (Though those roasted fig and burrata crostini are looking pretty darn tasty, too. Saving those for when fig season rolls around.)
Flavour & Savour says
Thanks Isabelle! My fig tree is loaded this year, but they're not quite ripe yet. Can't wait! There's nothing quite like a juicy fig right off the tree, except, of course, freshly picked cherries . . . Thanks for stopping by!
Melissa says
These look so yummy!!! Can't wait to make them next time we are hosting my in-laws (bonus points for sure!)
Flavour & Savour says
Score all the points you can! 🙂 Hope you get a chance to make these.
Chocoviv says
This looks delicious!!
Flavour & Savour says
Thank you! We love these little bites!
Diana says
I'd like to lick my screen! So---I made these last weekend for a potluck appy party. They were snapped up! Thanks for the tip about frozen cherries. They're so good and they come already pitted! Worked perfectly in this recipe.