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Salted Tahini Avocado Toast is among my favorite ways to a hearty, healthy, delicious toast. There are few ingredients in this toast, barely touched, so every one of them matters and should be the best you can find.
โYou should make them your chicken wings.
Or better yet, my rocking hot chili. I canโt believe you havenโt given them that!โ
Thatโs what my sister Peg said when I told her whatโs cooking this week at Rose Water & Orange Blossoms. Apparently salted avocado toast with tahini and sesame seeds didnโt strike her as terribly helpful in preparation for game-day fare.
Okay, agreed. This is healthy-breakfast, mid-morning-snack fare. But the game isnโt until later (right? I need to know so I can catch the half-time show, a few commercials, and then make my zaโatar popcorn for Downton Abbey at 9 EST), and come on, itโs not Thanksgiving or something when everyoneโs โsaving upโ all day and not eating til later.
Besides, Iโd have nothing of holding off another minute, let alone another week, to share this toast with you. Iโve been stalking avocado toast and toasts of every sort for a good long time, because theyโre everywhere (note the cover of Bon Appetit, January) and because Iโm such a huge toast person in general. Sometimes I think I bake talami just so I can toast it two days later.
I was shocked, and fascinated, to see that there was no toaster on the counter when I married Dan and moved in; recently when I told him that what he was looking for was in the cabinet by the toaster, he asked: whereโs the toaster? I donโt mind saying Iโve been toasting in the oven, under the broiler, until I can lasso the perfect toaster thatโll handle bread that comes from unusually-shaped, often lengthy and large, artisanal loaves of real bread.
Also, in defense of avocado toast this week, I just made a visit to Ann Arbor that included a stop at Zingermanโs, and Iโm so bonkers over it that I have to tell everyone I see about how much I love that place, how I canโt believe Iโve never been in before, how this shop changes my life because I now understand that in 45 minutes (the same amount of time it took me to ride the L downtown Chicago to my epicurean dream-shops or the bus across San Francisco to the Ferry Market), I can put my hands on any cheese imaginable, ten different species of prosciutto with special recommendations from the guy behind the counter, an entire wall of honeys (granted, none less than $19).
This is big news over here in mid-Michigan.
Zingermanโs is famous for their decadent house-made sandwiches, but all I could think of when I saw their golden, sesame-speckled loaves of challah was not an epic sandwich, but toast.
With avocado. Tahini. Maldon salt. On my own blue toast plate.
While youโre out shopping for dips (by the way: try this one, this one, and this one) and wings and things for Sunday afternoon (or is it evening?), set aside one of the avocados you bought for guac and throw in the very finest loaf of bread you can buy or bake. Youโve got some game-day toast to make.
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Salted Avocado Tahini Toast
Ingredients
- Squeeze fresh lemon juice
- 1/2 firm-ripe avocado, thinly sliced
- 1 thick slice bread, toasted and still warm
- 1 tablespoon tahini
- Pinch sea salt
- Pinch sesame seeds
Instructions
- Squeeze the lemon juice over the slices of avocado, then lay the slices of avocado over the hot toast. Drizzle the tahini over the avocado and the toast. Finish with the salt and sesame seeds. Eat immediately, then repeat.
Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.
I love avocado and this is such a great little recipe to try. Will definitely be doing just that ๐ Lovely photos as well, and what a fabulous looking shop that is.
Hmm, how about throwing another piece of that awesome bread on there and making a sandwich? With sweet potato chips?
I don’t known whether to thank you or not. So simple. So good. So darn addictive.
Toast is my ultimate comfort food anyway. I’ve put avocado on it before, but the combination with tahini…*contented sigh*
I just wish tahini was easier to find here. I’m reduced to mail-ordering it from Amazon. Don’t mind the mail-order part, but now they have it, now they don’t, now it’s one price, now it’s another. You get the idea.
I 1st chanced on your beautiful diary once I was looking out on โLebanese potato saladโโฆso glad I found you. Avocado and lemon area unit 2 of my favorite foods. once you counsel adding paste, does one mean straight from the jar? Or paste thatโs been mixed with lemon, water, garlic, salt etc? Thanks
Hi Neha–yes! Straight from the jar here, though tahini sauce would also be delicious!
Avocado toast sounds great! Never think of trying toast with avocado. Thanks for the idea x
What brand of tahini do you use? The tahini I find in San Diego stores is a thick paste–it doesn’t “drizzle”–but perhaps I’m buying the wrong one.
Hi Martin–great question…not all tahini is created equal! I use a special brand that I will be making available soon, which is imported from Lebanon. That thick paste is usually a sign of age in the tahini. I do like Joyva brand as well as the occasional Greek tahini I find in local grocery stores.
Maureen, this recipe sounds amazing! I can’t wait to try it. I also make a long drive to Zingerman’s-from Windsor, ON-but it’s well worth it! The sandwiches are incredible & so is the shopping afterwards! By the way, I love your blue plates! Where can I find these?
Hi Renee! I collect blue plates from second-hand and antique shops, which is where this one came from. Sorry I can’t direct you to a specific pattern but you can find every pattern in every color at Replacements.com!
This looks DIVINE! I rarely use tahini as a dip or sauce in and of itself–usually we reserve it for hommos, moutabbal, or tarator. Looking forward to savoring this combo of flavors!
I love, love, love avocado toast! But I’ve never tried it with tahini and sesame seeds….it sounds SO yummy! Can’t wait to try this for breakfast tomorrow.
Try mashing avocado on toast or English muffin, then sprinkle it with lemon pepper. It’s great.
Bet it would be good on talami toast as well.
My husband and I are now vegan and this looks scrumptious-however, we most love your last line of instructions which we will follow to the letter!
I didn’t realize I was so ahead of the times! I discovered how good avocado on toast is 35 years ago. Never thought of drizzling tahini on it though. (I make reeeeally good tahini. You taught me how.) This might be the perfect treat while I watch Downton Abbey at 8:00 CST. Don’t know, don’t care whether the game will be over with by then.
Funny, I make avocado toast all the time… so I was pleasantly surprised when I saw it in Rachel Ray’s magazine recently along with a Chick Pea mash (which I just have to try soon).
I’ll have to try it with tahini though.
Zingerman’s is fab! Living in the Detroit suburbs it was a fun day outing when going to the Hands On Museum.
Love the recipe! I’m going to try it right away, thanks for sharing ๐
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I first came across your lovely blog when I was searching on ‘Lebanese potato salad’…so glad I found you. Avocado and lemon are two of my favourite foods. When you suggest adding tahini, do you mean straight from the jar? Or tahini that’s been mixed with lemon, water, garlic, salt etc? Thanks
Hi Cheryl–I use it straight from the jar for this, but tahini sauce would also be delicious!
Avocado and tahini? Oh my word, I would have never thought of this, but it sounds brilliant. I am a tahini FREAK. If I can find a ripe avo today, this will be dinner tonight. Oh, and remind me to share my recipe for brioche with you–it would be brilliant with this!