Pancetta Crisps with Goat Cheese and Pear

By cprzybyl

Ingredients

• To make pancetta crisps with goat cheese and pear, simply crisp slices of Italian bacon in the oven and top with the fruit and cheese. It'll be hard to go back to plain old crackers once you've tried these savory shards.
• Ingredientsserves 16 16 thin slices pancetta
• 16 teaspoons soft fresh goat cheese (from 5-ounce log)
• 2 very ripe small pears, halved, cored, cut into 1/4-inch-thick slices
• Fresh thyme leaves

Preparation

Step 1

Procedures1Preheat oven to 450°F. Place pancetta slices in single layer on large rimmed baking sheet. Sprinkle with pepper. Bake until golden, about 10 minutes. Using spatula, slide pancetta crisps onto platter.2Top each with 1 teaspoon goat cheese and 1 pear slice. Sprinkle with thyme.