Warm Apple & Caramelized Onion Crostini with Fontina & Crispy Prosciutto
A perfect appetizer that’s sure to please apple-lovers. There’s no denying the delight that caramelized onions, fontina cheese and crispy prosciutto bring when paired with a zippy SnapDragon® and toasted harvest bread to create a gorgeous autumn-inspired crostini.
- Yields
8 Servings
Ingredients
- ONIONS -
- Olive Oil - 1/8 cup
- Butter, unsalted - 1 Tbsp
- Yellow onions, chopped - 3 large
- Kosher Salt - 1/2 tsp
- Sugar - 1/2 tsp
- APPLES -
- SnapDragon apples, cored and diced (do not peel) - 3 apples
- Cinnamon - 1 Tbsp
- Brown Sugar - 1/8 cup
- Sugar - 1/8 cup
- Cayenne pepper (optional) - 1/2 tsp
- Prosciutto, crispy - 8 slices
- Olive oil - 1 Tbsp
- Fontina cheese, shredded - 8-12 oz
- Dense harvest bread (such as apple cider & golden raisin bread) - 8 slices
Instructions
- For the onions, place olive oil and butter in a large frying pan over medium-low until butter melts.
- Add the onions. Let them cook, stirring occasionally, until they are light golden brown.
- Add the salt and sugar and continue to cook and stir until they are soft and golden, about 45 minutes.
- While the onions are doing their thing, prepare the apples. In a medium bowl combine diced apples, cinnamon, brown sugar, sugar and cayenne.
- Add apples to the onions and sauté until apples just begin to soften. Remove from heat and set aside.
- To crisp prosciutto, preheat a skillet over medium heat with 1 Tbsp. olive oil, place slices in pan and cook for about 3 minutes, until crispy.
- Remove from heat, let cool, then break into small bite-sized pieces.
- In the meantime, preheat broiler.
- Place bread on top rack and toast for about a minute then flip and toast for another minute.
- Remove crostini from the oven and place slices on a sheet pan.
- Top crostini with a small amount of shredded fontina, then the apple mixture, and more fontina.
- Place back under broiler until cheese melts, about a minute.
- Remove from oven and top with crispy prosciutto bits.
- Serve warm.