Fig & Goat Cheese Crostini – Crispy slices of baguette are rubbed with garlic, spread with a rosemary goat cheese, and topped with fig preserves. It’s the perfect appetizer for any event!
December marks the beginning of party season. Holiday parties and events tend to take up every minute of our weekends this time of year, don’t they? So you gotta be prepared with a go-to appetizer for any party you host or attend.
For me, that recipe has always been a crostini of some sort. Crostini is simply a toasted piece of baguette topped with a yummy array of flavors. I like to include fresh herbs, cheeses, fruits, syrups, and sliced meats in my crostini.
Today’s recipe is a new crostini I invented when I had leftover fig preserves to use up. It’s a recipe for my Fig & Goat Cheese Crostini and it’s the perfect bite of sweet and salty. Honestly, I don’t think I’ve had a more balanced bite of anything in my life – crispy, tangy, sweet, spicy, and creamy all in one. You’ll find it impossible to have just one!
Making these crostini
The process of making crostini is incredibly simple. There are just a few main steps and very little prep involved:
- Toasting the baguette – The baguette is sliced and brushed with olive oil and baked until perfectly toasty.
- Rubbing with garlic – Fresh garlic is so perfect and completely underrated. Why roast it when the fresh stuff is so much more powerful?! Just a light brushing on the toasted pieces of baguette adds so much flavor!
- Spreading on the homemade goat cheese spread – The goat cheese is mixed with honey and fresh rosemary before spreading on the toasted pieces of baguette. Honey and goat cheese are a match made in heaven. And that rosemary is the perfect pairing with the sweet fig preserves.
- Topping with fig preserves – The crostini are finished a dollop of fig preserves that are spread over the goat cheese.
Tips & Tricks
- Do not assemble the crostini until you plan to serve them. They do not keep well when stored because the bread can get soggy. If you want to prep ahead, you can make the goat cheese spread ahead of time and store in the fridge until assembly time. You can also slice the bread ahead of time to save time.
- Do not use dried rosemary for this recipe. It won’t have the same impact as the fresh stuff. Fresh rosemary is key!
- Make sure the baguette is toasted perfectly. This ensures the bite is crispy but not chewy, which makes for a clean bite.
- You’ll want to buy the log of soft goat cheese for this recipe – not goat cheese crumbles. The crumbles won’t come together easily to make a creamy, spreadable cheese.
Fig and Goat Cheese Crostini
Ingredients
- 1 long French baguette
- 2 tablespoons olive oil
- 8 ounces goat cheese softened
- 1 tablespoon chopped rosemary leaves
- 1 tablespoon honey
- salt and pepper to taste
- 1 whole garlic clove
- 10 ounces fig preserves/jam
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 375 degrees. Slice baguette into 1/2 inch slices and arrange onto large baking sheet. Brush olive oil onto each piece of bread. Bake in preheated oven for 8-10 minutes, or until the edges get golden brown. Set aside to cool.
- Place soft goat cheese in a small bowl with chopped rosemary and honey. Mix together until combined. Add a pinch or two of salt and pepper.
- Cut garlic clove in half and rub onto toasted bread slices. Spread each slice with a teaspoon of rosemary goat cheese. Top with one half teaspoon of fig preserves. Serve immediately.
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What a lovely idea. I just saved this recipe and added it to my New Years’ party menu. The flavors are amazing. It sounds so delicious and looks quite elegant. I’m definitely making this. Thanks!
I love these little crostini! The flavors of fig and goat cheese were so perfect together — they went so quickly at our holiday party!
I would die for a snack like this right now, it looks as=bsolutely amazing! The colours are so vibrant and this looks so delicious. Thank you for sharing this recipe!
Made this fig and goat cheese crostini this weekend because I want to make them for Christmas. I could not stop eating them, delicious!!
Crostini are a fabulous party snack, so versatile and delicious. I love your recipe, goat cheese is so creamy and satisfying we could eat one crostini after another.
We love crostini, a perfect festive appetizer. The combo of the goat cheese and fig is perfect, the acidity of the cheese cuts the sweetness of the fig and together form a most luxurious balance on the toasted baguette! Great tips too! Thanks!❤
Perfect holiday appetizer! Really easy to prepare, and its delicious! Thanks for sharing 🙂
I added goat cheese to my shopping list this week just so I could make these and they did NOT disappoint! Seriously so easy and good with a casual, unassuming elegance to them!
These bites combine such delicious flavors! I love the sweet and savory touches, and especially how easy these come together. Perfect for the holidays!
I would be tempted to eat way too many of these! Goat cheese crostini topped with fig preserves would make a great holiday snack. However, I think I could easily fill up on them.
I absolutely love the combination of fig and goat cheese! I will be making these for Christmas!
two wonderful flavor combinations the sweetness of the fig is perfect!
Super easy to make and full of flavor. A perfect Holiday appetizer.
We always have goat cheese in the fridge so this is a must try recipe and so perfect for a holiday appetizer.
These look absolutely delicious! I love the honey and fresh rosemary added to the goat cheese!
What a delicious combo. I want to make these the next time I need to bring an appetizer!
I saw these crostini on Facebook and had to jump over here for the recipe! Fig and goat cheese are my tops fave combination and when you put them on bread, I’m all for it.
Ooo I would eat so many of these! What tasty flavors. I need to try these one evening.
I love how creamy goat cheese is, and mixing with a fruit just sounds perfect. I’ll have to make these for appetizers on Christmas!