Mango Crostini - Mango Madness Month
Call me crazy, but I grew up eating mangoes on toast for breakfast during the summers every year. My family has this thing for pairing sweet and savory flavors together - not everybody likes it, I can tell you that! I guess its very similar to eating fruits with cheese - just like the French people. Its something about pairing the savory and sweet together - it somehow balances the flavors out….lets just say I am a big fan of this combination.
So the inspiration behind this recipe is my crazy genetic taste buds and the French!
I smeared some goat cheese flavored with various herbs on the baguette (slightly toasted). The tang from the cheese compliments the mangoes really well. You can use plain goat cheese and that should taste great as well. I also made this beautiful balsamic vinegar and honey reduction sauce to drizzle on top of the crostinis. You put both vinegar and honey in a non reactive metal pan and cook it on low heat till it becomes a beautiful, shiny and thick reduction. This sauce is absolutely delicious with desserts as well - specially the ones with strawberries (check here).
I also added some finely chopped fresh basil on top of the crostinis although I intended to use arugula instead - but where are the ingredients in the store when you want to use them? If you can get your hands on arugula then please use it instead of basil for this recipe. That said, basil tastes pretty good too.
Its a super fast & an easy preparation - give it a go and let me know if you like the flavors, because if you do…I will try to come up with more recipes in the future with combinations like this.
Makes 8 crostini
Coking time 15 min
Things You Will Need:
For Balsamic Reduction
1/2 cup balsamic vinegar
1/4 cup honey
Mix both ingredients in a non reactive metal pan.
On medium low cook till the mixture reduces into a thick sauce. Let cool at room temperature.
For Crostini
Goat cheese
1 ripe mango, cut into bite size dices
1/2 loaf french baguette, cut into slices
some basil leaves
- Toast the baguette in the oven for 2 minutes till the bread gets a little bite.
- Generously smear goat cheese on the baguette slices.
- Top the crostini with few pieces of mango.
- Drizzle the balsamic reduction and garnish the crostini with fresh basil leaves. Serve right away.
Wow, this not something I would ever have thought of doing with mango..and in suumer I eat a lot of mango. I’ll be trying this next summer. But I think the reduction could be used with lots of other things so that will be tried ASAP.
Yes, the glaze is actually pretty versatile. You can drizzle it on other kind of crostinis, salads and Desserts.
Deliscious recipe but most of all i love the quality of the blog and the beautiful photos..many thanks!
Thank you for the compliments!
The crostinis look absolutely delicious, beautyful pictures, brillant recipe! Thank you for sharing this!
Amazing! I have never thought about Mango and cheese and bread, and yet now you’ve brought it up it sounds heavenly.I am most definitely going to try making these crostini, thanks for sharing :)
Do share whether or not you like it. It has a pretty unusual flavor, it would be nice to know your reaction :)
I really love this post! And this looks absolutely delicious!
They say salty and sweet highlight each other when paired so I can relate how you want to mix both savory and sweet flavors.
Reblogged this on Susanna Hartigan and commented:
Incredibly tasty looking!
Fantastic - what a wonderful way to serve mango and I love the contrast between the mango and the reduction!
The crostinis are slightly sweetish - but the acidity from the vinegar and tang from the cheese kind of balances the flavors out.
That looks absolutely delicious.
uhm, YUM. why am i not eating this RIGHT NOW?!
Yummy! I’m definitely making this ASAP. Thanks for posting and I agree with xwaysseries about the quality of the post, really nice! :)
These are gorgeous and I have all these ingredients on hand -yay! Lovely post…
These look delicious, interesting way of using mangoes!
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What a wonderful recipe. Easy and delicious. Keep going with the good work. :)
I just tried it and liked it a lot! Thank you for the recipe and the beautiful blog.
I could imagine the mango and the cheese go well on rocket salad with your reduction. I will give that a try, so thank you for the inspiration.
You are very welcome! I am happy you liked it - it is a combination of unusual flavors, so it’s nice to know that someone other than me likes it too.
compliments .