Goat Cheese Crostini with Blood Orange and Black Pepper Marmalade

Name: Goat Cheese Crostini with Blood Orange and Black Pepper Marmalade
Prep time: 45 min
Cook time: 45 min
Total time: 45 min
Yield: 6
Cuisine: Mediterranean, Italian, European
Ingredients: 4 blood oranges, divided; 227 grams soft fresh goat cheese, room temperature; 0 teaspoons coarsely ground black pepper; 59 milliliters honey; 19 inches thick slices French or raisin baguette, toasted

Goat Cheese Crostini with Blood Orange and Black Pepper Marmalade requires around 45 minutes from start to finish. This recipe covers 4% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. Watching your figure? This gluten free, primal, and vegetarian recipe has 170 calories, 7g of protein, and 8g of fat per serving. This recipe serves 6. A mixture of coarsely ground pepper, honey, goat cheese, and a handful of other ingredients are all it takes to make this recipe so flavorful. It works well as a rather inexpensive hor d'oeuvre. This recipe is typical of Mediterranean cuisine.

Instructions

Place goat cheese in small bowl. Finely grate 1 teaspoon peel from 1 blood orange; stir peel into cheese.

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Blood Orange

Goat Cheese

Cheese

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Bowl

Using vegetable peeler, remove peel (orange part only) in strips from remaining 3 oranges.

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Vegetable

Orange

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Peeler

Cut peel into 1/8- to 1/4-inch pieces and place in medium saucepan. Using small sharp knife, cut white pith from all 4 oranges. Working over another small bowl to catch juices, cut between orange membranes to release segments. Squeeze any remaining juice from membranes into bowl. Discard membranes. Coarsely chop orange segments and add to saucepan along with any juices.

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Orange Slices

Orange

Juice

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Sauce Pan

Knife

Bowl

Add juices from bowl to saucepan. Stir in honey and 1/4 teaspoon coarsely ground black pepper. Bring to boil over medium-high heat and cook uncovered until thick and reduced to 1/2 cup, stirring frequently, about 10 minutes. Cool. Season with more ground black pepper to taste and with fresh lemon juice, if desired. DO AHEAD: Cheese and marmalade can be made 1 day ahead; cover separately and chill. Bring to room temperature before assembling crostini. Top toasted baguette slices with goat cheese, then marmalade.

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Ground Black Pepper