Avocado butter on toast with tomato salsa

Name: Avocado butter on toast with tomato salsa
Yield: Serves two generously or four as a snack
Ingredients: ¼ tsp cumin seeds, toasted and crushed; 1 small garlic clove, peeled and halved; 4 slices of sourdough (300 g); 2 tbsp olive oil, plus a little extra to serve; 1 tsp capers, finely chopped; 200 g cherry tomatoes, quartered; 10 g dill, roughly chopped; 10 g tarragon leaves, roughly chopped; 3 limes: finely grate the zest to get 1½ tbsp, then juice to get 1½ tbsp; 60 g unsalted butter, softened and cut into 2cm cubes; 2–3 very ripe avocados, at room temperature, flesh scooped out to get 250 g; salt and black pepper

Preparation info

Serves
two generously

Difficulty
Easy

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Ottolenghi Simple

By Yotam Ottolenghi

Published 2018

About

The only way to make a creamy, rich avocado even more creamy and rich is, of course, to add some creamy rich butter. Don’t worry that it will be a case of ‘too much of a good thing’ though: the salsa does what all good salsas do, bringing freshness, sharpness and balance to whatever it sits alongside.

Make sure your avocado is nice and ripe and that your butter is super soft so that they blend together properly. Don’t be tempted to speed things along by melting it, though – this wil

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Brunch
Gluten-free
Vegetarian

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