Goat Cheese Crostini With Grape Salsa

Total Time: 28 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 8 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 6
• 1 cup red grapes, diced
• 1 cup black grapes, diced (seedless)
• 1/2 small red onion, finely chopped (i used much less)
• 1 jalapeno pepper, finely chopped (i used about a half a pepper)
• 3 tablespoons chopped fresh cilantro (may sub flat-leaf parsley)
• cilantro leaf (to garnish)
• 2 tablespoons red wine vinegar
• 4 slices whole grain bread, quartered (may sub 1 baguette, thinly sliced into 16 pieces)
• 6 ounces herbed goat cheese, slightly softened
• 1/3 cup mayonnaise (i use light mayo with great results)

Recipe

• 1 combine grapes, onion, jalapeno pepper, cilantro and vinegar in medium bowl. season, if desired, with salt and pepper. let stand at least 30 minutes.
• 2 preheat oven to 375â°. arrange bread on large baking sheet in a single layer and bake, turning once, 8 minutes or until lightly golden brown and crisp on both sides. remove and let cool.
• 3 combine goat cheese with mayonnaise in small bowl until smooth. season, if desired, with salt and pepper.
• 4 evenly spread cheese mixture onto crostinis, then top with grape salsa.