Ricotta Crostini with Chestnut Honey

Creamy ricotta, crusty bread, and sweet honey make for a perfect snack, morning, noon, or night.

  • Serves

    serves 4-6

Ingredients

  • 1 loaf of ciabatta or another peasant-style bread
  • Extra-virgin olive oil
  • 1-1 12 cups ricotta cheese, room temperature
  • Chestnut honey

Instructions

Step 1

Prepare a medium-hot charcoal fire in a grill or set gas grill to medium-high heat. Cut bread into 1⁄2"-thick crosswise slices. Drizzle the bread with olive oil. Grill bread slices until both sides have grill marks and slightly charred crusts, 4-5 minutes.

Step 2

While hot, rub bread with garlic, if you like. Slather a heaping dollop of room-temperature ricotta on top of each toasted slice.

Step 3

Top ricotta with a drizzle of chestnut honey.
  1. Prepare a medium-hot charcoal fire in a grill or set gas grill to medium-high heat. Cut bread into 1⁄2"-thick crosswise slices. Drizzle the bread with olive oil. Grill bread slices until both sides have grill marks and slightly charred crusts, 4-5 minutes.
  2. While hot, rub bread with garlic, if you like. Slather a heaping dollop of room-temperature ricotta on top of each toasted slice.
  3. Top ricotta with a drizzle of chestnut honey.
Recipes

Ricotta Crostini with Chestnut Honey

  • Serves

    serves 4-6

Ricotta and Honey on Toast
ANDRÉ BARANOWSKI

Creamy ricotta, crusty bread, and sweet honey make for a perfect snack, morning, noon, or night.

Ingredients

  • 1 loaf of ciabatta or another peasant-style bread
  • Extra-virgin olive oil
  • 1-1 12 cups ricotta cheese, room temperature
  • Chestnut honey

Instructions

Step 1

Prepare a medium-hot charcoal fire in a grill or set gas grill to medium-high heat. Cut bread into 1⁄2"-thick crosswise slices. Drizzle the bread with olive oil. Grill bread slices until both sides have grill marks and slightly charred crusts, 4-5 minutes.

Step 2

While hot, rub bread with garlic, if you like. Slather a heaping dollop of room-temperature ricotta on top of each toasted slice.

Step 3

Top ricotta with a drizzle of chestnut honey.
  1. Prepare a medium-hot charcoal fire in a grill or set gas grill to medium-high heat. Cut bread into 1⁄2"-thick crosswise slices. Drizzle the bread with olive oil. Grill bread slices until both sides have grill marks and slightly charred crusts, 4-5 minutes.
  2. While hot, rub bread with garlic, if you like. Slather a heaping dollop of room-temperature ricotta on top of each toasted slice.
  3. Top ricotta with a drizzle of chestnut honey.

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