Sweet Onion Crostini with Avocado
Author: this little italian
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Serves: 6-12
Sweet onion crostini with avocado can be served as an appetizer, or as an open faced sandwich for lunch. Serve with your favorite chilled white wine!
Ingredients
- 6-12 slices of Italian bread
- 1 clove of garlic, peeled and cut in half
- 2 small red onions
- 1 tbsp granulated sugar
- 2 tbsp dark balsamic
- 1 tbsp butter
- Olive oil
- 1 avocado
- Fresh lemon
Seasonings *
- Salt & Pepper plus these dried herbs
- ½ tbsp Oregano, Coriander OR Basil
- ½ tbsp dill
Instructions
- In a medium frying pan heat the olive oil, 2 spins around the pan. Add the butter, melt it down.
- Add the cook until they become translucent.
- Add salt, pepper, oregano and oregano and the coriander OR basil and dill
- Add sugar and balsamic
- Lower the heat and cook down for 20-25 minutes until the onions are caramelized. Isn’t that amazing? Remove pan from heat.
- Prepare your bread
- Preheat oven to 400 degrees (middle rack)
- Take your loaf of Italian bread and with a serrated knife cut 12 slices on the bias, about ½” thickness and about 4” in length
- Place on a non-stick baking sheet and drizzle each top with a bit of olive oil and place inside the oven for about 5 minutes, just to crisp it up.
- Remove Crostini from oven and rub each slice with the clove of garlic.
- Lightly salt & pepper the slices.
- Slice your avocado and remove the pit.
- Scoop out the avocado from the peel and cut ¼” thick slices. Lightly salt and pepper the avocado. Squeeze some fresh lemon on it to prevent oxidation.
- Place a slice or two of the avocado on top of the Crostini slices
- Add a spoonful of the onion mixture on top
- Serve while still warm!
