Ingredients
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3 medium beets, about 6 ounces each
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2 tablespoons olive oil, divided
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2 green onions, thinly sliced
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2 teaspoons white wine vinegar
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1 teaspoon fresh thyme, finely chopped
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1/4 teaspoon kosher salt
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1/4 teaspoon black pepper
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4 ounces goat cheese
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2 tablespoons water
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12 slices Italian bread, each about 1/3 inch thick
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1 large garlic clove
Instructions
- Preheat your oven to 400 degrees.
- Rub dirt off beets with paper towel, and put beets in tightly sealed casserole, and bake for 60 to 90 minutes until tender.
- Cool beets, peel them, cut off stem and roots, and cut into small cubes (about 1/4 inch).
- Put beets into medium bowl, add 1 tablespoon of olive oil, green onion, vinegar, thyme, salt, and black pepper.
- In a small bowl, mix together goat cheese and water.
- Preheat broiler.
- Put bread onto a cookie sheet, lightly brush more olive oil onto fronts and backs of bread, and toast both sides under your broiler.
- Cut open your garlic clove and smear some garlic onto one side of bread.
- Spread goat cheese onto the garlic side, top with beet mixture, and serve at room temperature.