Slow Roasted Hot Honey Tomato Crostini.
This hot honey tomato crostini is a huge crowd pleaser! Super sweet and caramely tomatoes roasted with thyme and hot honey are served on toasty crostini with creamy ricotta cheese. Perfect summer appetizer!
Summer snacks!
Is there anything better?
This adorable little appetizer has everything you want in the perfect bite: crunchy toast, creamy cheese and sweet and spicy roasted tomatoes. Oh, and fresh basil for that bright summer bite!
And – they are cute too.
Throw these on a plate for happy hour with some ice-cold sauvignon blanc and summer heaven is here.
I am always looking for a fabulous appetizer that I can either take to a summer gathering, BBQ or make for a nice little evening on the patio. Even though this one takes some prep time, it’s pretty darn easy and the ingredients aren’t anything that too fancy.
If you’re in need of more summer snacks, I’m a little crostini obsessed. I’ve made burrata peach crostini with basil butter, peach bruschetta with whipped ricotta and my summer crostini with garlic goat cheese which has been a long-time favorite. It gets made over and over again by you guys too. So, of course, why not add in another one?!
Slow roasted tomatoes are everything.
My usual slow roasted tomatoes have a tiny sprinkle of sugar on top. This helps them get extra fabulous in the oven, so today we’re swapping the sugar for honey. And not just any honey, but hot honey!
I love how accessible hot honey is now. I love the mike’s hot honey version and I find mine on amazon or at Target. But before that, I always just made my own. I have the recipe here on the site, but the basic idea is to simmer honey with a hot pepper. Like a jalapeno or something similar. It’s super easy and makes the honey so delicious. I love a little heat + sweet.
Of course, it doesn’t HAVE to be hot honey. The extra bite here makes this taste special, especially when combined with the creamy ricotta cheese. Regular honey works too though.
I actually love to make slow roasted tomatoes when the tomatoes aren’t perfect. I enjoy doing this either right before tomato season or right after – or heck, even in the dead of winter. Slow roasting the tomatoes makes them so super sweet and caramelly. It can turn an unflavorful tomato into a piece of tomato-like candy. And that’s right up my alley!
Slow roasting is a little high maintenance, in that it does take awhile. About two hours or so. But it’s mostly hands-off work, so you can roast the tomatoes while you’re cleaning or working or doing just about anything else inside the house!
Plus, they last in the fridge too. Keep them in a sealed container for salads, wraps, snacks and more. They are one of my favorite things!
And that’s that. This is great served at room temperature – and the tomatoes are even good cold. You can prepare a tray of this ahead of time and stick the whole tray in the fridge, then drizzle with hot honey and sprinkle with fresh basil before.
Absolutely perfect!
Slow Roasted Hot Honey Tomato Crostini
Slow Roasted Hot Honey Tomato Crostini
Ingredients
- 2 pints cherry/grape tomatoes halved
- 1 tablespoon olive oil, plus more for drizzling
- 2 tablespoons hot honey, plus extra for drizzling
- ½ teaspoon dried thyme
- kosher salt and pepper
- 1 large baguette, sliced into rounds
- 1 cup ricotta cheese
- fresh basil, for topping
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 300 degrees F. Line a baking sheet with parchment paper.
- Place the cherry tomatoes on the sheet and drizzle with olive oil. Drizzle with the hot honey. Sprinkle with a big pinch of salt and pepper. Sprinkle with the thyme. Roast for 1.5 to 2 hours, tossing every 30 minutes, until the tomatoes are super caramely and shriveled and sweet.
- Remove the tomatoes and let them cool. While cooling, increase the oven temperature to 350 degrees F. Place the baguette slices on a baking sheet. Drizzle with olive oil. Roast for 8 to 10 minutes, until golden.
- To serve, spread the crostini with a dollop of ricotta cheese. Drizzle with hot honey. Top with the slow roasted tomatoes. Add a few basil leaves. Serve!
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5 Comments on “Slow Roasted Hot Honey Tomato Crostini.”
Just found the most delicious cherry tomatoes…they are called “Flavor Bombs” and taste just like they were picked directly off the vine. I grow Sweet 100 cherry tomatoes every year…so sweet and delicious. The Flavor Bombs taste just the same. I could eat them like candy. They are a bit more expensive than typical cherry tomatoes but are well worth the higher price.
That said, this recipe looks so divine. It will be my treat for the next neighborly evening deck gathering.
Which brand of hot honey do you like? One that’s not too spicy?
mike’s hot honey!
So yummy! This is the perfect summer app.
My tomatoes ended up very soft and still juicy after two hours. When I tossed them after the first 30 min as instructed, all of the inner seeds separated from the shells. What did I do wrong??