Creamy Red Pepper Crostini

Total Time: 15 mins Preparation Time: 10 mins Cook Time: 5 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 25
• 1 (8 ounce) package cream cheese, softened
• 3 green onions, chopped
• 1 garlic clove, minced
• 1 teaspoon lemon zest
• 2 tablespoons lemon juice
• 1/4 cup fresh parsley, finely chopped
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1 1/2 cups shredded parmesan cheese, divided
• 2 whole roasted red peppers, diced
• 1 long baguette
• olive oil

Recipe

• 1 in a medium sized bowl; add the cream cheese, chopped green onions, minced garlic, lemon zest, lemon juice, chopped parsley and salt. mix until well combined.
• 2 stir in 1 cup of the shredded parmesan cheese.
• 3 gently stir in the diced roasted red pepper (try not to “mash themâ€?).
• 4 turn oven onto broil.
• 5 cut baguette into slices (slices should be about 2 centimeters thick).
• 6 place bread slices onto a cookie sheet, drizzle bread lightly with olive oil.
• 7 broil until bread turns golden brown (watch carefully, this will burn easily!).
• 8 remove the cookie sheet from the oven and turn over the bread slices (they should be soft side up).
• 9 spread about 1 tbsp of the cream cheese mixture onto the soft side of the bread slices, repeat for each bread slice.
• 10 sprinkle the remaining shredded parmesan cheese over the crostini.
• 11 broil until the cheese mixture begins to bubble, being careful not to burn them.