These easy-peasy Spring Sweet Pea Crostini are fresh and a cinch to whip together! With a creamy sweet pea and ricotta puree, herbaceous spring onion gremolata and crunchy pine nuts, these crostini taste like a big bite of spring!
Hello friends! How was your weekend? Did you do anything exciting?
Boy and I had a lovely weekend. I had some blog related shenanigans I needed to take care of, so we drove into the ‘city’… well, one of them, which is always fun. We also made time for both frolicking outside to enjoy the beautiful weather and time for a little R & R in the comfort of our SuBourbon Country Cottage. And our comfy clothes.
Overall I’d say it was a successful weekend, although it could have been longer. And I could have used that extra hour of sleep that selfish Mr. Spring Forward stole from me. 
Anyways, let’s get down to food business. I’m not going to lie, today was supposed to be the start of my Easter posts…which BTW, can anyone else not believe is only 13 days away? Gah!
But, due to the gorgeous green color of this appetizer, I’m going to go ahead and declare that you are getting an accidental two-fer today. A recipe great for both Paddy’s day and Easter. Woot!
You’re welcome. 😉
But, not only do I have a terrific two-fer coming at ya, I also have a giveaway! Whaaaat? It’s getting crazy up in here, I know.
The giveaway is pretty rad – it is for $500 worth of Hello Fresh Meal Kits delivered right to your door. In case you don’t know what Hello Fresh is, click here to learn more about them. Trust me when I say, you will love it… well, if you love mouth-watering recipes and supa’ fresh ingredients delivered right to your door. High Five!
So don’t forget to scroll all the way down past the recipe to enter and win!
Let’s jump right into today’s recipe.
Spring Sweet Pea Crostini Recipe
These crostini are fantastically fresh and taste like you are taking a big ‘ole bite right outta spring. If you like sweet peas (because I see you, I know you do), you are going to love these crostini.
These carb-a-licious crostini have it going on in both the flavor and texture department. The crisp, perfectly toasted slices of baguette are topped with a savory, cheesy, slightly sweet and creamy-dreamy sweet pea and ricotta puree. And while those two things – toasted bread and delicious pea puree – are tasty on their own, the herbaceous, zesty spring onion gremolata and crunchy, slightly salty pine nuts finish this crostini off fabulously.
But, these crostini aren’t just a treat for the feed-me-all-the-things-spring-fresh taste buds, they are also a cinch and take less than 15 minutes to throw together.
Simply use the food processor to (literally) whip together the sweet pea and ricotta puree. Quickly sauté some spring onions and mix them with a few chives, parsley and lemon zest. Slice and toast a baguette. Assemble crostini. Bam. Appetizers are served.
How’s that for easy elegance? 😉
So whether you need an appetizer for your St. Patty’s day party, your Easter gathering or both, I know you and your guests will love these easy-peasy Sweet Pea Crostini. Until Thursday friends, Cheers – to pretty in pea crostini!
XOXO
Cheyanne
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The best Spring Sweet Pea Crostini recipe👇
Sweet Pea Crostini
Ingredients
- 1 Baguette – sliced thinly on the diagonal
- 2 TBS Olive Oil
- 1 (10 oz) Package Frozen Peas , thawed OR 1 ½ Cups Shelled English Peas
- 1 Clove Roasted Garlic – roughly chopped (can substitute 1/8 tsp garlic powder)
- ½ Cup Ricotta Cheese
- 4 Chives – roughly sliced
- ½ Cup Romano Cheese – grated, plus more for topping (can sub parmesan)
- ½ tsp Lemon Juice
- ¼ heaping tsp Salt
- 1/8 tsp Pepper
- Pine Nuts , to taste
- Lemon Zest , to taste
- Gremolata:
- 2/3 Cup Spring Onions – 1/3 cup of each white and green parts, separated, thinly sliced
- 1 TBS Extra Virgin Olive Oil
- 3 TBS Chives
- ¼ Cup Parsley – chopped
- 1 Lemon Zest
- Sea Salt , to taste
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 400 degrees.
- For the Gremolata: Heat 1 tablespoon oil in a small sauce pan over medium heat. Add onion whites and cook until lightly golden brown, swirling pan occasionally, about 3 minutes. Use a slotted spoon to transfer to a paper towel lined plate to drain. Season with a pinch of salt.
- In a small bowl combine remaining gremolata ingredients including green parts of spring onion. Add in crispy onion whites and gently stir to combine. Set aside.
- For the Crostini: Arrange the baguette slices on a large baking sheet and brush with olive oil. Bake in the oven until lightly toasted, about 8 minutes.
- Meanwhile, Make the Pea & Ricotta Puree: In the bowl of a food processor fitted with the metal blade attachment, add peas, garlic, ricotta, chives, parmesan, lemon juice, salt and pepper. Puree, stopping to scrape down the sides if necessary, until mixture is smooth and creamy. Taste and adjust for seasoning.
- Assemble Crostini: Arrange the crostini on a serving platter. Spread the pea-ricotta mixture on the crostini and top with gremolata. Sprinkle pine nuts, lemon zest and parmesan on top. Serve immediately.
Notes
*Sweet Pea & Ricotta Puree Yield: Roughly 2 ½ Cups
*If you can't find spring onions, substitute scallions in equal amount
Nutrition
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Just made these sweet pea crostini for a ladies luncheon. They were well received. I am wondering how this mixture would work on pasta. Is that a crazy idea?
Hi Lucy,
I’m glad the crostini went over well at your luncheon!
While I have never tried this with pasta, I personally do love ricotta on pasta so I’d imagine it would taste good. If you are thinking of trying it, but need a little inspiration on how to merge ricotta with pasta to make a sauce, you can look at this recipe – https://www.nospoonnecessary.com/easy-creamy-lemon-broccoli-pasta/ – for inspiration if you would like!
If you try this with pasta, let me know how it goes! Cheers and thank you for stopping by!
That crostini looks wonderful and even the name sounds delicious!
Thank you so much for stopping by and the kind comment, Nicole! Cheers! 🙂
Looove the gorgeous vibrant green colors in this crostini! Happy to be hosting this giveaway with you!
What an awesome flavor combo! I love the bright green color 🙂 These would be the perfect item to add to my Easter spread!
This is amazing!!!
This looks so fresh and yummy, can’t wait to try it. Great flavours too!
This is beautiful and so perfect for spring!
Cheyanne – It sounds like you had a beautiful weekend. I’m over here drooling because I so badly want to take a bite out of this crostini. The colors and flavors in this spread are fantastic. I’m thinking about having a dinner party once the weather gets nicer and these would be great to serve as an appetizer. 🙂
These crostini are gorgeous, Cheyanne! I love the pea ricotta puree – so fresh and delicious and has me dreaming of spring!
I am SO ready for Spring, and it was so nice this weekend! We are supposed to get snow overnight tonight and I might just cry 🙁 Luckily it’s still pretty warm so hopefully it’ll all melt and we can have a beautiful Easter! These crostini are so pretty for a Spring dinner!
This crostini has spring written all over it. Such a pretty color!
Hooray for spring and all the gorgeous colors it brings! I LOVE fresh English peas – it seems like the season for them is over in the blink of an eye – so I try to eat them up as much as possible! And I’m totally lovin’ this vibrant crostini – so perfect for St. Paddy’s AND Easter – you go girl!
Great weekend not being long enough, ain’t that the truth!?! Story of my life, especially with daylight savings time. Although I do appreciate the longer days. And speaking of spring forward – these crostini are totally springtastic! So bright and green and fresh. I love that they can be used for all your spring holiday needs – Easter, St. Paddy’s, Tuesday…. Great job girl! Also, towel twinsies! I got a lilac linen towel at Crate and Barrel too, that color screams spring!
Your weekend frolicking (ha!) with boy sounds amazing! Glad you had fun friend!!
These sweet pea ricotta crostinis look amazing! Love the pic with all the ingredients on the board taken from the top!!!
I am absolutely loving how fresh and spring-y this crostini is! The photos are stunning. 🙂
Love everything about this!! What a pretty green color 🙂
These are gorgeous and perfect for my company that’s coming this weekend. And, I absolutely wish ‘they’ would forget about this Daylight Savings Time. I do like my extra hour of daylight at the end of the day, but the price for that was too high – giving up a precious weekend hour. Thanks for the intro to spring.
Another day, another gorgeous recipe! I can’t believe Easter is coming up so quickly either! Fortunately I’m able to force myself to work on Easter posts!
These are gorgeous, the color is amazing and geting me in the mood for Spring! I love peas and get excited whenever I see them in a dish and this is no exception. Yummy! Take care.
You are seriously so creative. This looks fantastic and a great deviation from the traditional green things of St. Patrick’s Day (shamrock shakes, mint anything… lol). Love this!
So ready for Spring, just looking at these! Perfect! Pinning of course! Fresh and delicious! Glad you had a nice weekend, but yeah, it could have been longer! We lost one hour and it has been so hard to get up in the morning this week !
What a lovely spring recipe – love the green colour, just what we all need after a long winter!
Chey, never ever the weekends are long enough. Personally, I think we should work 2 days in a week having the remaining days for weekends. All right, 5 days perhaps are too many, but we should have at least 3 days off. Better 4. Agree? Talking about Easter, I’ve screwed it this year. I didn’t realize it’s coming just until recently. So I have no ideas what to make. And even if all of a sudden I get some inspiration (which is unlikely), I still won’t be able to share the recipes (at least this Easter). So I’m going to be enjoying whatever the other folks make. Ideally, I’d love to taste the samples too so you can send them to me to get (or not get) my approval. Needless to mention I love these little lovely, and quite fancy things!
Easy Peasy…I see what you did there! 😉 I am all about easy elegance and this recipe fits that bill, beautifully! I love the sound of your weekend! We just returned home from a bit of traveling – spent some time in LP and Boston with kiddos… it was lovely…just like these crostini! I can’t get over that bright color and the incredible flavor! I’d love to nosh on this all day long! Cheers, my dear! XO
These do look like a big bite of spring. What a fabulous green color. And I’m always all right with anything carbalicious.
I always need the weekends to be longer – I think we need to start a petition or something! It just doesn’t seem fair!
I could totally imagine serving these up at a summer garden party and them going down a storm!
I’m not down with daylight savings. It’s making me sick and my kids don’t want to sleep. Evil, evil DST. Can we all stop springing forward and falling back?
Oooh, a trip to the big city. Sounds exciting. 🙂
Crostini is always the best, and this one is particularly springy and green. You do the best things with veggies, Chey!
OMG, this is amazing, the colors are fantastic and flavors are awesome, girl friend. Thank you for the recipe! Wow! I am just loving the sound of these — just perfect for any day. I cannot wait to try them.
This appetizer is RIGHT up my alley. And I’m loving that gorgeous color… Perfect for St. Patrick’s Day and just life in general!
These crostini are stunning and full of green goodness! Like everything else you make, they have many layers of flavor. As if the cheesy sweet pea and ricotta puree wasn’t already enough, the addition of spring onion gremolata sounds fantastic!! And thanks for the two-fer—it sounds like such a cool prize. I’m not familiar with Hello Fresh, so I’m going to check out what it’s about. Have a wonderful week and here’s to frolicking around in comfy clothes and simple pleasures! xo
Cheyanne, this crostini recipe is just what I’m dying to eat right now!!! I want everything sweet pea. . I love this! and what a great HUGE giveaway!! Dang!!! and these are beautiful!
I love peas and I feel like they get such a bad rap!! haha These crostini sound fantastic and how perfect is that color for spring??? So pretty! And it sounds like you had a great weekend! I love daylight being longer now but man, losing that hour of sleep always hurts!!
Peas do have a bad rap… and that needs to change! 😉 Thanks so much for the comment, girlfriend! Cheers to a day as fab as you! <3
Crostini is one of my fav snack bite. The topping are perfection, sounds so spring like and your photography and styling are, as always, beautiful.
Thank you so much, Rahul! Crostini are such a great snack… or dinner. 😉 Cheers!
I love how easy “pea”sy this dish is – that was a great pun you did there! 😉 These look SO good. I love that you’ve added crunch with the pine nuts. And I love that you can just whip this all up with a food processor. Another fantastic dish with lots of flavor, Cheyanne. You are amazing!!
Ha! Glad you liked my lame pun, Beeta! Thank you so much for the sweet comment, girlfriend! Cheers to a day as fabulous as YOU! <3
This is one gorgeous crostini! I love fresh peas in the spring, and mixed with lemon, ricotta, and this amazing gremolata is the perfect topper! This looks so fresh and perfect for a spring appetizer, although I’d make a meal out of ’em. 🙂
Fresh peas in the spring are THE best, right!? We totally did make a meal out of these, Marcie… great minds! Thanks so much for the comment, friend! Cheers! 😉
Wow this crostini is soooo beautiful Cheyanne!!!! I love the spring green colour, so vibrant and stunning. They look so delicious!
Thank you so much, Harriet! Cheers, girlie!
I just can’t take my eyes off from that sexy green topping!
Thank you so much, Angie!! Cheers, dear!
What a beautiful crostini! I’m obsessed with peas and ricotta, so this is right up my alley. Oh, and I love spring onions, too. I’m pretty sure there is nothing out there that I don’t love 😉 Easter is going to be completely bypassed in my house because we are moving that weekend! Although, knowing me, I’ll end up making something. Have a great week, Cheyanne!
Hahaha! There’s not much out there that I don’t love either, Keri! I hope your move goes smoothly in a couple weeks! I’m not jealous, since we STILL have boxes to unpack all these months later!! Thanks for the comment, girlfriend! Cheers to you! 🙂
I love weekends like that, Chey! Fun, with a little bit of lazy. Sounds like the weather is warming up where you are… we’re still quite cold here with lots of rain. But I’m not complaining. It’s only a matter of time! What a fabulous crostini with such vibrant color! I don’t see gremolata used enough.. I love it and could sprinkle it on just about everything! I’m loving how you used it here and I can only imagine how luscious it all tastes. I think I’d just sit and eat the entire loaf, one slather at a time! Delicious my dear! xo
I certainly hope it clears up AND warms up for you, Traci! I agree, gremolata should be used more, because it’s amazing on all the thing! Thank you so much for the sweet comment, dear! Cheers to you! xo
Another wonderful recipe, Cheyanne! Between that chickpea sandwich from last week and this lovely crostini – I’m all set in the lunch department for a while. Just gorgeous and so fresh and tasty!
Thank you so much, Geraldine! I’m glad I can help with your lunches! 😉 Ha. Cheers, dear!
Easy peasy! LOL! That’s hilarious! It sounds like you had a fantastic weekend and our weather was absolutely beautiful, wasn’t it? I’m totally with Karrie and drooling over your stunning photos. Let me know when you schedule your photography class because I’m coming too! And thanks for the two-fer ’cause I be needing some green for my birthday party! 🙂 Cheers!
I know you had a fabulous weekend, Rach! I really wish we lived closer!! Thanks for being crazy like Karrie and the sweet comment, dear! You rock my world! 😉 Cheers, lovely! xo
These are GORGEOUS! So elegant and love that they are a twofer in one! I must say, I’m new to Gremolata – and I’m so digging all the springy flavors mixed into it! AND a giveaway to boot – girl – you are on a roll – or rather, should I say on a baguette! 🙂
Glad you had a lovely weekend – the weather sure was gorgeous! Hope you have a wonderful week too, sweet friend!
xx
Gremolata is so easy and delicious, Shashi! You will love it and you can add it to literally ALL the things! Thanks so much for the comment, girlfriend! And the laugh! 😉 Cheers to a beautiful week! xo
I’m loving this Sweet Pea & Ricotta Crostini recipe of yours but also drooling over your gorgeous pics. Dang girl, looking gooooood! I need to come visit you so you can give me some photography lessons & make me this crostini! I’m checking flight now 😉
You are too sweet, #bestie… and a little crazy, but that’s okay! 😉 YES book a flight, but I doubt we will be taking any pictures… unless they involve us getting craaaazy and making #MartiniMonday a daily thang! Thanks for the comment, K! Cheers! xo
Ah! That bright green color is making me spring was a tad closer, since all this rain is making me a debby downer.
Hopefully the weather clears up for you, Nicole! Fingers crossed! 😉 Thanks for the comment, girlfriend! Cheers!
These crostinis look soo cute!! I’ve never seen a St. Pattys Day themed crostini! They so green and bright and DE-licious! And omg Easter totally did creep up on us! Hope you have a wonderful St. Pattys Day! I will be avoiding all the craziness going on in Manhattan and probably just sipping on a green drink in my apartment by myself haha!
Thank you so much, Linda! I will be avoiding all the craziness of St Patty’s day too! But I can’t imagine how crazy it gets up there! Staying safely in your apartment sounds like a fab idea! 😉 Cheers, girlfriend!
These crostini are gorgeous! I love the brilliant green color – so stunning, and I’m wishing I could grab a few of these to snack on right now 🙂
Thanks so much, Rachel! If we were neighbors I’d bring you some… but I’d expect something you baked in return. 😉 Hehe! Cheers, dear!
Easy-peasy – ha ha. I see what you did there!!! We had great weather here this weekend, so it was nice to be outside. But now it’s back to cold and cloudy. I just want Spring already, dammit! The color of these little toasts is totally awesome. Perfect for St. Patrick’s Day!
Glad you approve of my lame pun, Liz! 😉 Hopefully your weather goes back to being gorgeous because I hear ya on just wanting Spring permanently! Thanks so much for the comment, girlfriend! Cheers!
So clever with this two for one recipe! Love the colours and the flavours and loving Spring food!!
Thank you so much, Jennifer! Cheers!
I could make a meal out of crostini! Love this sweet pea ricotta version. It sounds so scrumptious!!
We did make a meal out of these with a glass of wine for me and a beer for Boy. Dinner perfection if you ask me. 😉 Thanks for the comment, Jen! Cheers!
Sounds like you had a lovely weekend there! I’m all about R & R on the weekends AND comfy clothes. Literally can’t wait for Friday so I can haul the leggings on. These look absolutely beautiful! That colour! Lots of times, I love to eat bits and bites rather than a huge meal and this fits the bill perfectly. The fact that it takes minutes to make doesn’t hurt either 😉 Trying soon for sure. Have a great week, Cheyanne 🙂
Yaaaahhss to comfy clothes and weekends! I live for Friday evenings too, Dawn! Thanks so much for the kind comment, girlfriend! Cheers to you and a wonderful week!
Awesome two-fer today my friend. Seems like the holidays get bunched together Miss Cheyanne. There should be more time between St. Patrick’s and Easter. That’s what I say. And someone, do tell the calendar police. But no matter, gorgeous color on this sweet pea crostini and then you said ricotta……YUM. You are tantalizing our taste buds for sure on this rainy Monday. Cheers to a great week, my friend! xo
I don’t like bunchy holidays, Allie! I like plenty of time to celebrate each one individually! 😉 Someone really should tell the calendar police!! Ha. Thanks so much for the comment, lovely! Hope the weather gets nicer up there! Cheers! xo
I love everything about this recipe Cheyanne. From the bright green peas that scream spring, to that tangy gremolata. yes please! I’m missing that extra hour of sleep this am too, but I feel like a bite of this would wake me right up. so fresh and perfect for the season!
Losing that hour of sleep hurts every year… and I feel like as I get older it hurts more! 😉 Thanks so much for the sweet comment, Cathy! Cheers to you and a fabulous day!
Okay, but you know that you made me snort out loud when I read “easy-PEAsy,” right? 😉 What blog-related shenanigans happened? Also, of course, I continued to (attractively, obvs) snort when I read “SuBourbon.” Girl, only you could make Mondays funny… even with that masochistic Mr. Spring Forward hitting us with the hour-minuser stick. So glad you and hubs ending up having a good weekend though. 🙂 Meanwhile, your sweet pea and ricotta crostini are Next Level Sh**. You class it up, as always, lady. Many hugs to you. Have an awesome week, Chey! xoxo
Ha! I snort when I laugh sometimes too! We really are soul sistahs, Demeter! And I’m glad you approve of the name of our house! 🙂 Oh, the blog related shenanigans – I had to pick something up for a sponsored post coming up… you will have to stay tuned. 😉 Thank you so much for your comment, guuurlfriend! You always make me laugh! Cheers, lady! xo
I love the sound of these Cheyanne! And you’re right, they look perfect for St. Patty’s Day and Easter! I can’t believe Easter is less than two weeks away! Time is flying! Thanks for sharing these yummy little appetizers and have a great week!
Thank you so much, Mary Ann! The year sure is going fast… too fast! Cheers, friend! 🙂
These are so beautiful. I love the bright green color and I can only imagine how wonderful these would taste. Enjoy that extra hour this evening, when the day will seem so wonderfully long! 🙂
Thank you so much, Kathy! I will be enjoying that extra hour tonight for SURE! 🙂 Cheers, friend!
We had our monthly family international dinner, wherein we pick a different country each month and cook that cuisine..this month was (of course) Ireland. SO MUCH CORNED BEEF. Meantime, this looks like the official food of springtime – so perfect and green and fresh and delicious! Happy spring, my friend!
Oh monthly family international dinner sounds fun! And I can eat my weight in corned beef, so that is my type of family dinner, Kate! 😉 Thanks so much for the comment, friend! Cheers and happy spring to you!
I definitely could’ve used that extra hour of sleep, too! I had the hardest time falling asleep last night and feel like a zombie today. But, oh well. I’ll just dream of lots of this gorgeous crostini to get me through the day. Love the peas and onions in here, Cheyanne! And such a pretty color, too! Pinned!
I am with you in feeling Zombie-ish today, Gayle! Thanks so much for the comment and pin, friend! Cheers! 😉
Pure pea perfection! Love these gorgeous green crostini – perfect way to welcome in spring! (Because losing an hour yesterday was NOT the perfect way to welcome a new season…) Peas and ricotto are such a glorious combination and I love that these have a fresh gremolata on top – some of my favorite things!! Pinned 🙂 Have a lovely week!
Peas and ricotta truly are a glorious combination, right? Thanks so much for the comment love and the pin, Kathryn! Cheers to you and a fabulous week, girlfriend! 🙂