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WALNUT, ARUGULA AND GORGONZOLA CROSTINI Recipe

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Ingredients:  
Ingredients:  
1 stick butter, room temperature
18 slices of baguette bread, cut 1/4” thick, diagonally
6 tablespoons toasted walnuts, chopped
3 oz. Gorgonzola cheese, crumbled
3 tablespoons arugula, finely chopped
arugula leaves for garnish

Directions:
Directions:
Preheat oven to 400 degrees. Spread butter over one side of each baguette slice. Arrange baguette slices on baking sheet, butter side up. Bake baguette slices until golden about 12 minutes. Cool.

Reduce oven temperature to 350 degrees. Mix walnuts, Gorgonzola and chopped arugula in medium bowl. Spoon nut-cheese mixture evenly atop baguette toasts, pressing to adhere. Season with pepper. Bake toasts until cheese melts, about 6 minutes. Cool crostini slightly. Arrange on platter. Garnish with arugula leaves and serve.

 

 

 

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