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Avocado Toast with Dukkah Dressing

This recipe takes an ordinary avocado toast and dresses it up into a show-stopping, complete meal. The star is a seasoning called dukkah, a Middle Eastern spice blend made of nuts and seeds. We turn dukkah into a dressing that elevates your avocado toast to a brunch-worthy, restaurant-quality breakfast.


Servings: Four Avocado Toasts

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INGREDIENTS

  • 4 large pieces of sourdough bread

    4 tablespoons carrot spread

    handful of arugula leaves

    2 ripe avocados

    crushed pistachios (optional)

    minced parsley (optional)

CARROT SPREAD

  • 1/2 lb carrots (about 3 medium)

  • 2 tablespoons olive oil

  • 2 tablespoons tahini

  • 1/2 teaspoon ground coriander

  • 1/2 teaspoon lemon zest 

  • 1/2 teaspoon salt 

  • 1 clove garlic, roughly chopped

DUKKAH DRESSING

  • 2 tablespoons dukkah spice

  • 1 tablespoon lemon juice

  • 1 tablespoon olive oil

  • ¼ teaspoon salt

DUKKAH SPICE

  • 2 tablespoons pistachios or almonds

    2 tablespoons hazelnuts

    2 tablespoons coriander seeds

    1 tablespoon white sesame seeds

    1 tablespoon cumin seeds

PREPARATION

1 Toast the sourdough bread in the toaster or in the oven on a rimmed baking sheet with some olive oil at 350°F.

2 Wash, peel, and cut carrots into even pieces. Place into a steamer basket on the stovetop and cook for about 10 minutes, depending on the size of the carrots, until a knife easily pierces through. Remove the steamed carrots from the stove and let cool. 

3 In a mini chopper, add cooked carrots, olive oil, tahini, coriander, lemon zest, garlic, and salt and pulse until the mixture is creamy and smooth. Taste and adjust salt. 

4 To make dressing, place dukkah spice in a bowl. Whisk in lemon juice, olive oil, and salt. Set aside.

5 Spread 1 tablespoon of carrot spread on the toast followed by some arugula. Wash, cut, de-seed, and peel the avocado. Cut in half and slice. Place half a sliced avocado on the toast. Drizzle some dressing and sprinkle with crushed pistachios and parsley.

To make dukkah, place pistachios and hazelnuts in a dry pan on medium heat for about 1-2 minutes. Remove from heat and place in a bowl to cool. Place coriander seeds, white sesame seeds, cumin seeds, and fennel seeds in the same dry pan on medium heat for about 1-2 minutes until fragrant. Remove from heat and place in a separate bowl. Place the nuts in a spice grinder and pulse 1-2 times. Then place the seeds into the spice grinder and pulse until the spice is coarse. Place dukkah in an air-tight container. The spice will keep for 1-2 weeks.

NOTES

  • Dukkah tastes great on roasted winter vegetables.

  • When making the dukkah spice, watch the nuts and seeds carefully as they go from fragrant to charred quickly.


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