These No-Bake Pesto Crackers, crostini without cooking for appetizer are perfect for a casual dinner with friends or family, delightful to start a dinner without worries and stress.
The basil pesto crostini are ideal not only in summer, but if you make the pesto at home, you can make them anytime you want since they are no-bake.
We made them with breadsticks without salt but I’m sure they’ll be perfect with other breadsticks, with toast or with whole grain ones.
Decorated on the surface with this cheese and basil mousse, with a touch of color and crunchiness by adding olives, pieces of cherry tomatoes, and anchovies in oil, they will make you look great.
With minimal effort and a little manual skill, the No-Bake Pesto Crackers crostini for appetizer will be appreciated by everyone.
Below I leave you other tasty ideas for appetizing appetizers to serve perhaps together with these no-bake pesto crostini and then let’s go right under the photo to find out how to prepare these no-bake crostini for appetizers!!
- Difficulty: Very Easy
- Cost: Very Cheap
- Rest time: 30 Minutes
- Preparation time: 20 Minutes
- Portions: 15 Pieces
- Cooking methods: No Cooking
- Cuisine: Italian
- Seasonality: All Seasons
- Energy 124.70 (Kcal)
- Carbohydrates 6.61 (g) of which sugars 0.35 (g)
- Proteins 2.68 (g)
- Fat 9.69 (g) of which saturated 3.36 (g)of which unsaturated 2.64 (g)
- Fibers 0.41 (g)
- Sodium 195.92 (mg)
Indicative values for a portion of 28 g processed in an automated way starting from the nutritional information available on the CREA* and FoodData Central** databases. It is not food and / or nutritional advice.
* CREATES Food and Nutrition Research Center: https://www.crea.gov.it/alimenti-e-nutrizione https://www.alimentinutrizione.it ** U.S. Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service. FoodData Central, 2019. https://fdc.nal.usda.gov
Ingredients for No-Bake Pesto Crackers Crostini
- 1 cup g breadsticks (also whole grain or toast)
- 6 tbsp g butter (melted)
- 2 pinches dried oregano (or thyme)
- 2 pinches salt
- 5 oz g cream cheese
- 1/3 cup g Genoese pesto (or other pesto to taste)
- 3 cherry tomatoes
- to taste olives (green, black or Taggiasca to taste)
- 5 fillets anchovies in oil
Tools
- 1 Chopper
- 1 Bowl
- 1 Cookie Cutter for cookies 2 inches in diameter
Preparation of No-Bake Pesto Crackers Crostini
First, melt the butter in a bain-marie or in the microwave for a few seconds.
Then grind the breadsticks with a chopper or mixer along with the oregano and salt.
Mix with a spoon the breadstick powder with the melted butter until it is well combined.
Place a sheet of parchment paper on a cutting board or tray, using a cookie cutter of 2 inches form the base.
Place 2 tablespoons of mixture inside the cutter and press it down very well to compact.
Gently remove the cutter and form all the other bases, place in the refrigerator for at least 30 minutes to compact.
Meanwhile, with a spoon, soften the cream cheese, add the pesto, and mix well to combine.
Place the cheese cream in a piping bag with a star tip, remove the crostini from the fridge.
Make a central tuft for each cracker, decorate some with pieces of tomato, others with anchovy fillets, and others with olives.
The No-Bake Pesto Crostini are ready, keep them in the fridge until it’s time to enjoy them.
Tips and Variations
You can make the pesto crackers with toast or even crackers of your choice, even whole grain.
You may use pistachio pesto, Trapani-style pesto, or even arugula pesto.
The no-bake pesto crostini can be stored in the refrigerator for 1 day.
You can prepare the appetizer crackers with any spreadable cheese like robiola or even stracchino.
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