TUSCAN WHITE BEAN BRUSCHETTA
Creamy, garlicy white beans with balsamic onions on crisp garlic baguette. Here’s an easy, hearty appetizer that’s so yummy no one will notice it’s totally inexpensive!
Ingredients
- 1 baguette, sliced whatever is on the day old rack
- ½ cup olive oil
- 1 large clove garlic crushed or grated
- ½ cup red onion thinly sliced into half rounds
- 1 tablespoon balsamic vinegar may substitute cider vinegar
- 1 14.5 oz. can white beans such as Great Northern or Cannellini beans
- ½ teaspoon Italian seasoning
Instructions
- Slice the baguette into ½ inch slices and set aside.
- Preheat oven to 400°F degrees.
- Brush both sides of the baguette slices with the infused oil and place on a baking sheet. Bake at 400°F for 6-8 minutes or until lightly toasted. You should have some oil left, that’s on purpose.
- Meanwhile, place thinly sliced onions a small bowl and add the vinegar. Place plastic wrap tightly over the bowl and shake the bowl to coat the onions in vinegar. Set aside. Don’t burn the toasts.
- Drain and rinse the beans and put them in the remaining oil. Don’t burn the toasts.
- Add the Italian seasoning, the onions and any liquid in the onion bowl. Stir gently to blend. Simmer on LOW until heated through.
- Remove the slightly burned toasts from the oven, or is that just me?
- If you’re making this ahead of time, stop here and refrigerate bean mixture and place the toasts in an airtight container until ready to serve.
- To serve: Allow toast to cool slightly. Arrange toasts on serving platter and place one spoon of the bean mixture on each toast. Serve immediately.
- Alternatively you could just serve the bean mixture in a bowl with the toasts on the side and let people spoon their own. Even easier.
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