Goat Cheese Crostini With Orange And Black Pepper Marmalade

Total Time: 15 mins Preparation Time: 5 mins Cook Time: 10 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 6
• 8 ounces soft fresh goat cheese, crumbled
• 16 ounces mandarin oranges
• 2 oranges
• 1/4 cup honey
• 1/4 teaspoon ground pepper
• 12 -18 slices french baguettes (1/2 inch-thick )

Recipe

• 1 using vegetable peeler, remove peel (orange part only, the part is bitter) in strips from both oranges.
• 2 cut peel into 1/8 to 1/4 inch pieces, reserving a bit to mix with the goat cheese and placing reminder into medium saucepan.
• 3 squeeze 1 tbls of fresh orange juice into saucepan. discard oranges.
• 4 chop mandarin oranges in half and add to saucepan along with black pepper and honey.
• 5 bring to boil over medium-high heat and cook uncovered until thick and reduced, stirring frequently, about 10 minutes. cool.
• 6 mix crumbled goat cheese with reserved orange peel in separate bowl.
• 7 top toasted baguette slices with goat cheese, then marmalade.
• 8 place crostini on platter and serve.