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Smashed Avo on Toast

Name: Smashed Avo on Toast
Total time: 15 min
Yield: Serves 2
Cuisine: Australia
Ingredients: 2 Avocado; 2 slices (thick-cut sourdough) Bread; 50g Feta Cheese; 1 tbsp Lemon juice; 2 Egg; A pinch Red Chili Pepper; 1 tbsp Olive oil; A pinch Salt; A pinch Black Pepper; A pinch Dill

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⏱ 15 min

👥 Serves 2

Difficulty ⭐

Smashed avocado with feta and lemon on toast — the breakfast that defines Australian café culture.

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📖 The Story Behind This Dish

Smashed avo is a breakfast that symbolizes Australia's urban café culture: coarsely mashed avocado with feta, lemon juice, chili, and herbs is piled on sourdough toast with a poached egg. It spread through Sydney cafés in the 1990s and is now found in cafés worldwide.

🌆 Where it's eaten: On a Sunday morning on a café terrace near Sydney's Bondi Beach, young people back from surfing enjoy flat whites and avocado toast.

🥕 Ingredients (serves 2)

Avocado 2
Bread 2 slices (thick-cut sourdough)
Feta Cheese 50g
Lemon juice 1 tbsp
Egg 2
Red Chili Pepper A pinch
Olive oil 1 tbsp
Salt A pinch
Black Pepper A pinch
Dill A pinch

👩‍🍳 Instructions

Coarsely mash the avocado with a fork and mix in lemon juice, salt, and pepper.
Add a little vinegar to simmering water and poach the eggs.
Toast the bread until golden.
Pile plenty of avocado on the toast.
Top with crumbled feta and a poached egg.
Finish with chopped red chili, dill, and olive oil.

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