Avocado and Turkey Crostini

Use packaged crostini to make this easy hors d’oeuvre even easier.

Recipe courtesy of Denise Vivaldo and Cindie Flannigan of Food Fanatics.net.

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Tsp.	Tbsp.	Cups	Fluid Oz.	Milliliters	Other
1/4 tsp.				1 ml
1/2				2 ml
3/4 tsp.	1/4 Tbsp.			4 ml
1 tsp.	1/3 Tbsp.			5 ml
3 tsp.	1 Tbsp.	1/16 cup	1/2 oz	15 ml
6 tsp.	2 Tbsp.	1/8 cup	1 oz.	30 ml
			1 1/2 oz.	44ml	1 jigger
12 tsp.	4 Tbsp.	1/4 cup	2 oz.	60 ml
16 tsp.	5 1/3 Tbsp.	1/3 cup	2 1/2 oz.	75 ml
18 tsp.	6 Tbsp.	3/8 cup	3 oz.	90 ml
24 tsp.	8 Tbsp.	1/2 cup	4 oz.	125 ml	1/4 pint
32 tsp.	10 2/3 Tbsp.	2/3 cup	5 oz.	150 ml
36 tsp.	12 Tbsp.	3/4 cup	6 oz.	175 ml
48 tsp.	16 Tbsp.	1 cup	8 oz.	237 ml	1/2 pint
		1 1/2 cups	12 oz.	355 ml
		2 cups	12 oz.	473 ml	1 pint
		3 cups	24 oz.	710 ml	1 1/2 pints
			25.6 oz.	757 ml	1 fifth
		4 cups	32 oz.	946 ml	1 quart or 1 liter
		8 cups	64 oz.		2 quarts
		16 cups	64 oz.		1 gallon

Category: Appetizer

Re-Calculate: Ingredients

Ingredients

1 1 1French baguette
Olive oil cooking spray
2 2 2ripe, Fresh Hass Avocados
1 1 1lemon, cut in half
8 8 8oz. OUNCE_USVolumesliced turkey, cut into 1-inch strips
12 12 12cherry or pear tomatoes, cut into small wedges

Instructions

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Using a serrated knife cut baguette diagonally into thin slices. Lightly spray both sides with olive oil cooking spray and place on baking sheets. Bake for 8 minutes, or until light golden brown. Remove from oven and let cool. You can store these at room temperature in an airtight container for up to 2 days.
Cut each avocado into wedges and peel or cut off skin. Cut into large pieces and squeeze lemon juice over avocado to prevent browning.
Place a strip of turkey on top of crostini and top with a few pieces of avocado and tomato.

*Large avocados are recommended for this recipe. A large avocado averages about 8 ounces. If using smaller or larger size avocados adjust the quantity accordingly.

Avocado and Turkey Crostini Recipe Comments

Simple - but pretty

could this be done on your flax foccacio perhaps? I like the idea of making it into turkey/avocado/tomato pinwheels.

Lisa - Fri, 11/13/09 - 10:21 am

Mmmmm

Lizzy - Fri, 11/13/09 - 08:46 am