Cranberry Chutney and Brie Crostini

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The ideal starter to your vacation dinner… a little sweet, a little tart and a ton of merry.

The issue with my concern is that I can’t at any point appear to address it, yet the uplifting news is anything but an every day burden. It normally reappears when I’m arranging a gathering, engaging a gathering, or obviously, facilitating the special times of year.

It begins basically, honestly. I take a fast tally of the list of attendees and fix a menu. Next comes the staple rundown and afterward I write down a timetable, being particularly nitty gritty about the day of the occasion. It’s all extremely intelligent, deliberate… x number of individuals = x dishes/servings. And afterward, almost too late I have this panicky reassessment and conclude that I will not have almost enough to oblige my visitors. This outcomes in either adding another dish or two (or three), or expanding the measure of servings for the dishes I’ve effectively arranged. And afterward, who could have imagined, when serving time moves around there isn’t sufficiently just, however an excessive lot.

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Furthermore, that is the place where the over-taking care of comes in. I channel my Italian grandmother yet as opposed to shouting “Manja! Manja!” and shaking my wooden spoon, I send the serving bowls around again and educate everybody to require a second or third making a difference. I can never acknowledge that I’ve made a lot food, rather it’s plainly my visitors that aren’t doing their part in filling their plates and paunches.

Ingredients

Cranberry Chutney

  • 1 Tbsp olive oil
  • 1/2 cup shallots, minced
  • 1 Tbsp fresh ginger, minced
  • 12 oz fresh cranberries
  • 1/4 cup cider vinegar
  • 1/3 cup fresh orange juice
  • 1/2 cup light brown sugar, packed
  • 1/2 tsp kosher salt
  • dash of red pepper flakes

Crostini

  • french baguette, sliced thinly
  • olive oil
  • salt and pepper
  • 8 oz brie cheese, softened

Fried Mustard Seeds

  • 2 tsp olive oil
  • 2 Tbsp yellow mustard seeds

Instructions

Cranberry Chutney

  1. Heat the oil over medium heat in a small saucepan. Add the shallots and saute until golden, about 3 mins.
  2. Add the remaining ingredients to the saucepan and cook until the cranberries pop, about 10 mins. Remove from the heat and cool.
  3. The chutney can be stored in the refrigerator for several days.
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Crostini

  1. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees. Lay the sliced bread in an even layer on a sheet tray.
  2. Drizzle the bread with olive oil and sprinkle with salt and pepper. Bake for 10 mins or until golden brown.

Fried Mustard Seeds

  1. Heat the olive oil in a small saucepan over medium heat. Add the mustard seeds and cover immediately. Careful! The seeds will begin to pop immediately. Shake the pan a few times as they cook, and carefully check after a minute or two if they’re browned. Remove from the heat and sprinkle with salt. Leave covered until they finish popping. Pour the seeds on a papertowel lined plate to drain.

To Serve

  • Spread the brie onto the crostini. Add a dab of cranberry chutney and a sprinkle of the fried mustard seeds.