Avocado Canapes Stuffed With Goat Cheese Recipes

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• Select your favorite recipe.
• Organize all the required ingredients.
• Prep a cucumber appetizer in 30 minutes or less!

CANAPES WITH GARLIC HERB CREAM CHEESE AND AVOCADO

Steps:

• Slice the bread into 1/3-inch slices (cut on the diagonal if it's a very small baguette to get bigger slices). Place them on a baking sheet and lightly brush both sides with melted butter.
• Bake 5 minutes, or until they are just starting to golden. Let these cool to room temperature.
• Toppings: Cut your avocado in half, remove the pit, spoon the avocado flesh out of the shell and cut avocado into slices. Finely chop both green onions and 1/4 cup of fresh dill.
• Use a fork to mash together 8 oz cream cheese, 1/4 cup chopped dill, chopped green onion and your pressed garlic clove.
• Spread enough herbed cream cheese over each canapé to generously cover the top.
• Top canapés with avocado slices and squeeze a couple drops of lemon juice over the avocado slices (this keeps the avocado from browning), then sprinkle with freshly ground black pepper. Garnish with dill and green onion and you're done! It's best fresh but tastes great even after refrigeration.

AVOCADO AND GOAT CHEESE DIP

Steps:

• Cut avocados in half with knife and separate.
• Remove seed, and with a large spoon, scoop out flesh into a bowl.
• Squeeze the lime juice over the avocado and mash the flesh with a fork.
• Stir in remaining ingredients.
• Serve immediately or store refrigerated, with one of the avocado seeds pressed into the dip to help retain its color (also cover with plastic wrap pressed down to keep air off).
• Goes well with tortilla chips, warm tortillas, toasted pita bread, fresh veggies and crudites, as a topping for chimichangas, whatever you desire; just don't go putting dallops into your margaritas!

AVOCADO CANAPES STUFFED WITH GOAT CHEESE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Place pine nuts on a baking sheet; bake until golden brown and fragrant, about 5 minutes. Chop nuts; set aside.
• Arrange five 8-by-8-inch sheets plastic wrap on work surface. Be sure they are smooth and free of wrinkles.
• In a small bowl, stir together pine nuts, goat cheese, and red bell pepper; season with salt and pepper. Set aside.
• Place 4 overlapping slices of avocado on each piece of plastic wrap. Combine lime juice and 1 teaspoon olive oil in a small bowl; brush mixture on avocado. Working with one avocado portion, top with 1 tablespoon goat cheese mixture; bring together corners of plastic wrap, and twist tightly, shaping the avocado into a ball. Continue to twist until plastic wrap breaks, releasing canape. Repeat with remaining avocado.

GRILLED AVOCADO WITH GOAT CHEESE AND BELL PEPPERS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400 degrees F.
• Seed and julienne the bell peppers and saute in 2 tablespoons olive oil over medium heat for about 10 minutes. Cut avocados in half lengthwise and remove the seeds and skin. Rub the avocado halves with olive oil and season with salt and pepper. Grill the halves on both sides for about 2 minutes each side. Remove from the grill and place on a baking sheet. Fill the center of each avocado half with Bell Pepper Salsa and top with 1-ounce of goat cheese. Bake approximately 5 minutes or until cheese is melted.
• On each plate, arrange sauteed bell peppers and place an avocado half among them. Garnish with cilantro.
• Stem and seed peppers. Dice all ingredients very fine. Mix in bowl with vinegar and oil, salt and freshly ground black pepper.