What’s on the board?
- Goat cheese, apricot jam, walnut pieces on sourdough baguette crostini
- Goat cheese, red figs and balsamic glaze on sourdough baguette crostini
- Soft ricotta cheese, peach preserve, balsamic glaze on sourdough baguette crostini
- Soft ricotta cheese, mandarin sections, chipotle spiced honey
- Semi-cured soft Spanish chorizo, olive oil, sweet and smoky Spanish paprika on sourdough baguette crostini
Course:
Appetizer
Cuisine:
Spanish
Servings:
5
Wine Pairing Recommendations
This Tapas/Pinxtos board was made to go with Madeira Wine
Prep time:
15 min
Assemble time:
10 min
Total time:
25 min
Ingredients
- 1 baguette
- 4 oz. goat cheese log
- 1/3 cup soft ricotta cheese
- 1 mandarin
- ¼ cup walnuts, broken into large pieces
- 1 ½ tbsp. apricot jam
- 1 ½ tbsp. peach preserve
- ½ tsp. balsamic glaze
- 1 tbsp honey
- ¼ tsp chipotle powder
- 2 small soft chorizo sausages
- 1 tsp Spanish sweet smoked paprika
- 3 tbsp. olive oil
- 2 figs
- ½ tbps. balsamic glaze
Method
Make Crostini
- Preheat oven to 400 F
- Slice the baguette into 1-inch-thick slices.
- Brush baguette slices with olive oil on both sides
- Grill in the oven for 3-5 minutes or until desired crispiness is achieved.
Assemble Tapas
Ricotta, mandarin segments & spiced honey
- Mix honey with chipotle powder in a small fireproof dish. Warm the honey-chipotle mixture over medium-low heat till it becomes almost liquid but does not bubble.
- Spread ricotta cheese on crostini slices
- Add two mandarin segments on top
- Drizzle with spiced honey
Pair with Sweet Madeira
Semi-cured soft Spanish chorizo, olive oil & sweet and smoky Spanish paprika
- Remove chorizo from its casing
- Combine chorizo, olive oil, and paprika and blend in a food processor till a homogeneous spreadable mass is formed.
- Spread over the crostini slice
Pair with Dry Madeira wine
Ricotta, peach preserve & balsamic glaze drizzle tapas
- Spread ricotta cheese on crostini slices
- Spread a thin layer of preach preserve on top.
- Drizzle with balsamic glaze.
Pair with Sweet Madeira wine
Goat Cheese, Red Fig & Balsamic Vinegar
- Spread goat cheese on crostini slices.
- Slice figs. Arrange fig slices on top of the goat cheese.
- Drizzle with balsamic glaze.
Pair with either Dry or Sweet Madeira wine
Goat cheese, apricot jam & Walnut pieces
- Spread goat cheese on crostini slices.
- Spread a thin layer of apricot jam on top.
- Add walnut pieces as desired, 2 – 3 pieces per crostini
Pair with Sweet Madeira wine
Enjoy!
Tapas Board Tips
- Do not worry if you don’t have a balsamic glaze, you can make your own! This is how:
- Heat balsamic vinegar with a bit of sugar or honey. The proportion of vinegar to sugar is 4:1.
- Bring it to a boil.
- Lower the heat to simmer till it gets reduced to the desired consistency.
- Make sure to use a semi-cured soft-to-touch chorizo. We used Spanish chorizo fresco ourselves.
- If you do not have peach preserve, you can substitute it with peach compote.
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