Pimento Cheese Grilled Crostini Recipe
Our Pimento Cheese Grilled Crostini is a fabulous appetizer for any occasion. Our family loves it as a lunch and it is perfect for brunches and showers.
Pimento Cheese Grilled Crostini Recipe
My family loves French bread anything. They especially love sliced baguette slathered with olive and grilled until the bread is just toasty enough to crunch.
Grilled Crostini is the perfect vessel for a traditional Southern Pimento Cheese. I love this combo! The creamy coolness with the perfect bit of tart from the cheese and the satisfying crunch of the grilled baguette. It is just divine!
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Do I Have To Grill the Crostini?
Nope! The reason I grilled the crostini for this appetizer it was HOT as the dickens outside. However, I am so glad I grilled the bread because the grill marks are a beautiful contrast to the light peach tones and reds of the pimento cheese spread.
Baked Golden Brown Crostini
If you are keen on heating the kitchen, then toast those yummy baguette slices in the oven at 350 degrees Fahrenheit, drizzle each bread slice with olive oil and a sprinkle with coarse salt. Bake until golden brown.
How To Make Pimento Cheese Grilled Crostini
- Making these amazing pimento cheese grilled crostini is a snap! I use “gasp” store-bought pimento cheese. I enjoy making it from scratch, but I am often time short and bless myself with a great store brand pimento cheese.
- Cut a baguette in 1/3 inch slices and drizzle both sides with olive oil. Heat griddle to medium-high heat. Grill each side of bread slices until nicely marked. Remove with tongs and set aside.
- I use the Nordic Ware reversible grill/griddle and just love it! Easy cleanup and produces very nice grill marks.
- The grilled bread is delicious on its own. As soon as the bread cooks my boys circle around the kitchen like hungry sharks.
- Scoop a heaping tablespoon of pimento cheese and spread on each grilled bread slice. Garnish with fresh finely diced red bell pepper.
- Serve and enjoy!
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Pimento Cheese Grilled Crostini Recipe
I hope you enjoyed this recipe. I love Crostini and coming up with festive flavor combinations is one of my favorite things to do.
If you love this recipe, try also our scrumptious Strawberry Crostini with Mint and Honey.
Pimento Cheese Grilled Crostini Recipe
Grilled Crostini topped with Pimento Cheese and colorful red pepper. A perfect appetizer or lunch!
- Total Time15 minutes
- Yield12 1x
Ingredients
- 1 small French baguette sliced
- olive oil
- 1 tub Southern Style Pimento Cheese
- 1 red bell pepper finely diced
Instructions
- Heat griddle to medium-high heat. Grill each side of bread slices until nicely marked. Remove with tongs and set aside to cool.
- Top each cooled bread slice with one heaping tablespoon pimento cheese.
- Garnish each with diced red bell pepper.
Notes
Add crumbled bacon or sliced picked jalapenos for a neat variation of this yummy pimento cheese grilled crostini recipe.
- Prep Time: 5 minutes
- Inactive Time: 0 hours
- Cook Time: 10 minutes
- Category: Appetizer
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1
- Calories: 97
- Sugar: 2
- Sodium: 176
- Fat: 3
- Saturated Fat: 1
- Unsaturated Fat: 2
- Trans Fat: 0
- Carbohydrates: 15
- Fiber: 1
- Protein: 3
- Cholesterol: 2
