Honeycrisp Apple, Cheddar, Bacon and Dandelion Crostini

Name: Honeycrisp Apple, Cheddar, Bacon and Dandelion Crostini
Prep time: 30 min
Cook time: 30 min
Total time: 30 min
Yield: 4
Cuisine: Mediterranean, Italian, European
Ingredients: 2 Honeycrisp apples, sliced thin on a mandoline; 4 slices French boule; 2 Tbsps cider vinegar; 473 milliliters dandelion greens, sliced into 1/2-inch ribbons; 4 servings Kosher salt; 4 servings Extra-virgin olive oil; 237 milliliters grated sharp artisanal Cheddar, such as Tillamook; 8 strips thick-cut bacon

The recipe Honeycrisp Apple, Cheddar, Bacon and Dandelion Crostini could satisfy your Mediterranean craving in roughly 30 minutes. For $1.92 per serving, you get Head to the store and pick up sharp artisanal cheddar, kosher salt, bacon, and a few other things to make it today.

Instructions

Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F.

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Oven

Add about 1 tablespoon olive oil to a large saute pan.

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Olive Oil

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Frying Pan

Lay the bacon strips in the pan and bring the pan to a medium heat. Cook the bacon until browned and crisp.

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Bacon

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Drain the bacon on paper towels. DO NOT ditch the bacon fat. Reserve it for finishing the crostini.

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Bacon

Crostini

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Paper Towels

Toast the bread slices lightly on both sides in the oven.

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Bread

Toast

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Remove the toast from the oven and arrange a thin layer of the sliced apples on each toast. Top the apples with the cheese and return the toasts to the oven.

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Apple

Cheese

Toast

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Bake the crostini until the cheese starts to melt and get bubbly, 5 to 7 minutes.

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Crostini

Cheese

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Place 2 bacon strips on each crostino and return to the oven for 1 to 2 minutes.

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Bacon

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While the crostini are doing their final toast, ditch about half the bacon fat.

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Bacon Drippings

Crostini

Toast

Heat the remaining bacon fat in the pan and whisk in the vinegar. Turn the heat off and toss in the dandelion greens, season with salt and stir to coat the greens with the vinaigrette.

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Dandelion Greens