Blue Cheese, Apple, and Sage-Honey Crostini

Name: Blue Cheese, Apple, and Sage-Honey Crostini
Yield: 4 servings
Ingredients: 1 5 sage leaves; 1 1/2 cup honey; 1 1 baguette, cut diagonally into 1/2-inch-thick slices; 1 Extra-virgin olive oil, for brushing; 1 Kosher salt; 1 freshly ground pepper; 1 8 ounces mild blue cheese (such as gorgonzola), room temperature; 1 1/2 apple; 1 thinly sliced (preferably Macintosh or Honeycrisp)

From the kitchen of Carly

Creamy blue cheese and crisp apple slices meet on toasted baguette, then everything gets the good stuff: sage-infused honey that's warm, floral, and perfectly balanced against the cheese's sharp bite. Simple, elegant, dangerously easy to eat too many of.

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Servings: 4
Difficulty: medium

Ingredients

4 servings

15 sage leaves
11/2 cup honey
11 baguette, cut diagonally into 1/2-inch-thick slices
1Extra-virgin olive oil, for brushing
1Kosher salt
1freshly ground pepper
18 ounces mild blue cheese (such as gorgonzola), room temperature
11/2 apple
1thinly sliced (preferably Macintosh or Honeycrisp)

Instructions

Preheat oven to 400°F. In a small saucepan, warm the sage and honey over medium-low heat until fragrant and the honey just begins to bubble, about 4 minutes. Remove from heat and let steep for 10 minutes. Discard sage and let honey cool to room temperature.
Lightly brush one side of each bread slice with oil and sprinkle with salt and pepper. Place slices on a rimmed baking sheet and toast in oven until golden brown, about 7 minutes. Remove from baking sheet and let cool. Spread blue cheese on baguette slices and top with apples and walnuts. Drizzle toasts with sage honey.