Spring Chicks Crostini Appetizer
Adorable crispy crostini topped with creamy whipped feta, fanned avocado, mozzarella, and mango chicks.
Servings: 7 crostini
Equipment
Ingredients
Crostini
- 7 slices baguette
- 2 tablespoons butter
Whipped feta
- 150 gram feta
- 1 tablespoon Greek yogurt
- 1 tablespoon lemon juice
- 2 cloves garlic
- sea salt to taste
- pepper to taste
Toppings
- 1 mango
- 2 mozzarella balls
- 1 avocado
- 7 fresh basil leaves
- 21 black sesame seeds
Instructions
- Slice the baguette thinly (about 1 cm / 0.4 inch).
- Heat a skillet medium-high.
- Add the butter (or olive oil).
- Once the butter is sizzling, top with the slices of bread until golden brown.
- Then, turn over on the other side until golden.
- Leave to cool.
- To make the whipped feta, mix the feta, yogurt, lemon juice, and garlic in a mini food processor until creamy (you can also mix it by hand).
- Add sea salt and pepper to taste.
- Slice the mango as thinly (about 2-3 mm) and use the chick cutter to make the cutouts.
- Repeat with the mozzarella.
- Halve an avocado and remove the peel.
- Cut the avocado in thin slices lengthwise.
- Flatten out the pieces with the palm of your hand, ensuring they are still overlapping.
- Use the chick cutter to make the fanned avocado chicks (you may need to use a small knife to lift them).
- Assemble the crostini with whipped feta, avocado, mozzarella, and mango chicks.
- Decorate with a few basil leaves and sesame seeds for eyes.
- Sprinkle with sea salt and pepper.
- Serve.
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Nutrition
Calories: 272kcal | Carbohydrates: 24g | Protein: 9g | Fat: 16g | Saturated Fat: 7g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 2g | Monounsaturated Fat: 5g | Trans Fat: 0.1g | Cholesterol: 31mg | Sodium: 477mg | Potassium: 267mg | Fiber: 3g | Sugar: 6g | Vitamin A: 574IU | Vitamin C: 15mg | Calcium: 209mg | Iron: 2mg
