Feta and Lemon Crostini

Inspired by Sweet Paul's Feta & Lemon Dip

📝 Ingredients

• 12 slices baguette (1/2-inch thick)
• 1 clove garlic (peeled)
• 7 ounces feta cheese (crumbled)
• 1/2 lemon (juice and zest (if desired, reserve some of the zest for sprinkling over the crostini at the end))
• 1/4 cup extra-virgin olive oil (plus more for serving and drizzling crostini before baking)
• crushed red pepper flakes

👨‍🍳 Instructions

1. 1Preheat oven to 375°F.
2. 2Arrange bread slices on baking sheet in a single layer. Drizzle each slice with a teaspoon or so of olive oil. Bake 8-10 minutes until golden brown. Remove from oven to cool.
3. 3Meanwhile, with your food processor running, drop garlic clove down chute to mince. Scrape down sides of food processor bowl. Add next 3 ingredients (feta through olive oil) and pulse until smooth and combined - the texture here is up to you. Pulse fewer times if you want to have larger chunks of feta, more times if you want a smoother consistency.
4. 4When bread slices have cooled, spread a generous amount of feta and lemon spread on each one and place on a serving platter. Drizzle crostini with olive oil and sprinkle with crushed red pepper flakes and reserved lemon zest. Serve.