Tom's Balsamic Strawberries & Goat Cheese Crostini

Tom's Balsamic Strawberries & Goat Cheese Crostini

Ingredients

• •2 cups strawberries, thinly sliced
• •2 tablespoons Celia's Traditional Balsamic Vinegar
• •2 teaspoons packed brown sugar
• •2 tablespoons basil, chopped coarsely (plus more for garnish)
• •Pinch of salt
• •Pinch of black pepper
• •½ baguette, cut into ½ inch slices
• •4 ounces goat cheese

Directions

1. 1.Preheat oven to 375 degrees.
2. 2.Combine strawberries, vinegar, sugar, basil, salt, and black pepper together in a small bowl. Let set for 30 minutes to an hour.
3. 3.In the meantime, place crostini slices on a large rimmed baking sheet. Bake until slightly crisp about 8 minutes. Let cool.
4. 4.Spread goat cheese on toast and then layer balsamic strawberries over. Sprinkle with more basil.
6. A good variation for those that do not like Goat Cheese is to substitute the filling recipe for our Stuffed Strawberries recipe in place of the goat cheese!