Avocado toast is a quick, healthy and filling snack you can enjoy matching perfectly with marinated cherry tomatoes and fresh herbs.
Avocado toast is a type of open sandwich consisting of toast with mashed avocado and usually salt, black pepper, and sometimes citrus juice.
Avocados are a native fruit of the Americas with their likely origin being Central Mexico.The trees and fruit have been cultivated by pre-Columbian civilizations from South Central Mexico for nearly 9,000 years.
The consumption of avocados on bread or toast has been reported in various sources from the late 19th century onward. In the San Francisco Bay Area, people have been eating avocado toast since at least 1885.
Avocado toast became a food trend of the 2010’s. It has appeared on cafe menus since at least the 1990s. Following avocado toast’s elevation to trend status, the act of ordering avocado toast at a café was criticised as a symbol of frivolous spending.
Jayne Orenstein of The Washington Post reports, “avocado toast has come to define what makes food trends this decade: It’s healthy and yet ever-so-slightly indulgent. It can be made vegan and gluten-free.” Gwyneth Paltrow, has been credited with the popularization of avocado toast through her recipe book, It’s All Good.
The dish was popularized on social media, with many food bloggers recreating the dish. Bon Appetit magazine published a recipe for “Your New Avocado Toast” in its January 2015, and by 2016, the dish was being depicted on T-shirts, with the Washington Post calling it “more than just a meal – it’s a meme”.
Ingredients
- 2 slices of multigrain bread
- 1 ripe avocado
- 6 cherry tomatoes cut into slices
- 1 tablespoon strained yogurt (optional)
- Lime juice
- Salt and pepper
- Thyme and oregano
- 1 tablespoon olive oil
Cooking instructions
Sprinkle the bread slices with olive oil and toast it.
Peel the avocado and cut it into large pieces.
Beat it in a blender together with the yogurt, a few drops of lime juice, olive oil, salt, pepper and herbs.
Spread the avocado mousse on the bun, then the cherry tomatoes and garnish with olive oil, herbs and, if desired, some rucola leaves.
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