Make apples the star of your snacks with this simple sage-infused bruschetta recipe.
This week it’s all about bruschetta. I love, love, love serving bruschetta at gatherings. However, I always present them unassembled. 1. It allows your guests to add as much of ingredient as they’d prefer. 2. It saves time during your preparations. Here’s to happy snacking for all!
The original post from September 2017
Fall is in full swing, which means that the local orchards are overflowing with apples. There are so many varieties and so many ways to prepare them that fall becomes this apple-fest for me. I make the obvious dishes, such as apple crisp, applesauce, and apple compote, but I also enjoy making new creations. Last week I shared my new Warm Butternut & Apple Salad recipe; this week I have two more recipes to add to the Think Tasty collection.
We’re starting the week with a sweet and savory option perfect for a tapas dinner. For those of you who don’t indulge in the weekly pastime of Tapas Monday, this recipe would also work well as an appetizer to share at a gathering or as a side to be served with an entrée salad or soup.
This recipe is really quite simple- just a few minutes on the stovetop and you have transformed the apple from cold, crunchy cubes to something tender with new flavor dimensions. If you serve the bruschetta as is, it has a more savory nature, even though it was sautéed with honey. Yes, there are hints of sweetness from both the fruit and the honey, but the sage sets the tone as leaning toward savory. For those who want more sweet, I’d suggest an additional drizzle of honey upon serving.
I found that this bruschetta was the perfect topping for crostini and goat cheese. However, I think that the bruschetta could be utilized in a number of other ways:
- Serve it as a dip with whole wheat crackers.
- Use it as a topping for a bowl of vanilla yogurt.
- Toast a piece of sourdough. Top with bruschetta and sharp cheddar cheese. Place under the broiler for ooey, gooey apple & cheese happiness.
No matter how you use this Apple & Sage Bruschetta, be prepared to hear how elaborate of a dish it is. Tell them (or don’t) how incredibly simple it actually is.
Apple & Sage Bruschetta
Ingredients
- 2 apples peeled & cored
- 1 tablespoon olive oil
- 2 tablespoons honey
- ½ teaspoon sage
- Salt
- 4 ounces goat cheese softened
- crostini, crackers, etc
Instructions
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Dice apple into 1-inch cubes.
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Heat large frying pan over medium high heat.
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Add olive oil to pan.
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When oil shimmers, add apple.
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Cook for 1 minute, then pour honey over apples; toss to coat.
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Cook for another minute; sprinkle with sage and a pinch of salt.
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Toss, cooking for another 30 seconds.
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Transfer to a serving bowl.
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To serve
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Top crostini or cracker with a small amount of goat cheese and a spoonful of apples.
