An appetising start of a meal with the freshness of riped tomatoes, herbs and avocado on a crunchy toast drizzled with EVOO. Perfect for entertaining and difficult to stop at one!
Course Appetizer, Snack
Cuisine Mexican
Keyword Gut Friendly, Soy Free
Ingredients
½loaf French bread
1clovegarlic
2Tablespoonsextra virgin olive oil
2 tomatoespreferably Roma variety, medium chopped
2avocadosmedium chopped
1/3cupfinely chopped onion
¼cupbasiltorn into small pieces
2Tablespoonsfreshly squeezed lime juice
½teaspoonsea salt or celtic sea salt
¼teaspooncoarsely crushed black pepper
Instructions
Preheat the oven to 400ºF.
Slice the French bread on the diagonal into ½” rounds and place on a baking sheet.
Toast the sliced bread in the oven for 3 minutes, then flip each piece over and toast an additional 3 minutes.
Remove the toasted bread from the oven and immediately rub with the clove of garlic (it works best to first cut a small tip off the garlic clove so that the oils will seep out).
Brush the tops of the garlic-rubbed toasts with olive oil and set aside.
In a large bowl, combine the chopped tomatoes, avocado, onion, cilantro, lime juice, salt and pepper. Mix together gently making sure the avocado is well coated in the lime juice.
Spoon a portion of the mixture onto each of the garlic toasts and serve.