Cheese and Crackers with Pesto

Cheese and Crackers with Pesto

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Cheese and Crackers with Pesto

This is a more grown-up version of regular old cheese and crackers. Adding a bit of pesto, like pesto Genovese or my lemon dill pesto, dresses up this little appetizer and adds a touch of colour and hit of flavour.

You can use many types of cheeses for this simple but tasty appetizer. Here, from left to right, I used fresh Brillat-Savarin, Beemster, and cream cheeses. Brillat-Savarin is a type of cow’s milk cheese that, when aged, is similar to a Brie. The one I used was fresh, so it was lusciously creamy with a bit of salty tang and none of the funky, mushroomy flavours of a Brie. Like the cream cheese, the Brillat-Savarin nicely complemented the herbal dill and sharp lemon. The Beemster, a type of Gouda, is a hard, Dutch cow’s milk cheese. I had the ‘Classic’ variety that is aged for a minimum of 18 months and is said to have flavours of whiskey, butterscotch, and pecans.

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Cheese and Crackers with Pesto

Course Appetizer
Prep Time 15 minutes
Total Time 15 minutes
Servings 30
Author Kiku Corner

Ingredients

  • 30 crackers Triscuits, Saltines, water crackers
  • 100 g cheese I used three types: fresh Brillat-Savarin,Beemster, and cream cheese
  • 1/4 cup pesto

Instructions

  • Set aside any broken or cracked crackers - make breadcrumbs with those!
  • If using a medium or hard cheese, cut into square slices that are just smaller than the cracker you are using. Place these cheese squares on the crackers.
  • If using a soft or cream cheese, spread 1/2 - 1 tsp of cheese on each cracker, depending on the size of cracker.
  • Add a small dollop of pesto, about 1/4 tsp, on top of the cheese.
  • Serve immediately.

Cheese and Crackers with Pesto

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5 Replies to “Cheese and Crackers with Pesto”

  1. I will be trying this. I am needing simple snack for when he gets home from work. This looks so good..
    Have a good day and an awesome weekend. Sarah

  2. This sounds delicious! I love pesto on just about anything.

  3. I’m loving this! Pinned and tweeted! I always love your creations, thanks for sharing this with us at our party! I hope to see you tonight at 7 pm, we love seeing what you have been working on! Lou Lou Girls

  4. 5 stars
    Wow… looks yummy! Thank you for linking up to Creative K Kids’ Tasty Tuesdays. I have pinned your post to our Tasty Tuesdays Pinterest Board.

  5. Looks Yummy!! Thanks for linking up on My 2 Favorite Things on Thursday!! I loved having you!! Hope you can join us again tomorrow!! Pinned to My 2 Favorite Things on Thursday Pinterest page!! 🙂

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