5.0 from 9 votes
White Bean Crostini
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.
Prep Time
10 mins
Cook Time
10 mins
Total Time
15 mins
Servings: 17 servings
Calories: 67 kcal
Course:
Appetizer
Cuisine:
Italian
Ingredients
- 2 cups canned Cannelini or Northern Beans (drained and rinsed)
- 8 1/2 inch piece of baguette ( (4 oz total) sliced into 1/4" thin slices)
- 2 tbsp olive oil (extra virgin)
- 1 garlic clove
- 4 tbsp water
- Olive oil spray
- 1 tbsp fresh thyme
- extra fresh thyme for garnish
- 1 clove garlic
- balsamic vinegar (for drizzling)
- kosher salt (and fresh pepper)
Instructions
- Cut the bread into 1/4" thin slices.
- 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.
- Once the bread is toasted, lightly rub it with a garlic clove cut in half. Now your bread is ready to top.
- 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.
- Top each piece with 2 teaspoons of the white bean puree and garnish with fresh thyme.
- Drizzle with a touch of balsamic right before serving.
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Notes
- Makes 34 pieces.
Nutrition Information
Serving
2pieces
Calories
67kcal
(3%)
Carbohydrates
10g
(3%)
Protein
3g
(6%)
Fat
2g
(3%)
Saturated Fat
0.5g
(3%)
Sodium
144mg
(6%)
Fiber
1.5g
(6%)
Sugar
0.5g
(1%)
Nutrition Facts
Serving: 17servings
Amount Per Serving
Calories 67
% Daily Value*
| Serving | 2pieces | |
| Calories | 67kcal | 3% |
| Carbohydrates | 10g | 3% |
| Protein | 3g | 6% |
| Fat | 2g | 3% |
| Saturated Fat | 0.5g | 3% |
| Sodium | 144mg | 6% |
| Fiber | 1.5g | 6% |
| Sugar | 0.5g | 1% |
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.