Ever since I attended a bread-making workshop, I became spoiled for home-baked bread. This open-face Burrata and Avocado Tartine recipe is a yummy sandwich topper on crusty bread whether you bake it yourself or pick up a fresh artisanal loaf.
Enjoy this recipe!
Burrata and Avocado Tartine
Ingredients
- 2 slices of fresh sourdough or country french bread
- 1 ball of burrata cheese fresh mozzarella with cream
- 1 clove of garlic chopped
- 1 Tbsp of red pesto store-bought
- 1/2 avocado mashed
- pickled carrot strips store-bought
- alfalfa sprouts as garnish
- sea salt and pepper to taste
Instructions
- In a small bowl mash up the burrata cheese to make it easy to work with
- add the chopped garlic and mix in
- add red pesto
- add salt and pepper to taste
- In a separate small bowl mash up 1/2 a ripe avocado
- Spread the burrata mixture on the slices of sliced bread
- dollop the mashed avocado on top
- Garnish with pickled carrot strips and alfalfa sprouts
Notes
Yummy burrata
Fresh Italian-made burrata from Italy is like nothing you can ever imagine It’s considered to be the queen of Italian cheeses and is soft, creamy, and heavenly. It originated in the Puglia area of southern Italy.
Tartines
A tartine is what the French call an open-faced sandwich with spreadable ingredients. For the spread in this recipe, I mixed burrata cheese with a little chopped garlic and red pesto. Then, I mashed avocado and pickled carrots and spread the mixture on each slice, and topped it with the pickled carrots and alfalfa sprouts. It takes less than 10 minutes to make.
Try my Roast Chicken and Green Pesto Tartines recipe here
I got the idea for this recipe while eating lunch at a restaurant called Le Pain Quotidien in Los Angeles. It’s a coffeehouse eatery chain that serves fresh baked goods, salads, sandwiches, beverages, and tartines. I was so impressed I had to go home and figure out how to make it myself. They have locations all over the world so if you are ever in an area where they have a shop, I highly recommend them.
What’s your favorite open-faced sandwich spread? Please leave a comment below.
sounds great. My daughter and her family are all vegetarians. This would be an invigorating change from the usual melted cheese sandwich. Now if I could only addict myself to break-making. Have you tried the 24 hour no-knead bread? I made it once and it was full of air holes, which I loved.
Thanks so much. Yes, this recipe is much tastier than just plain cheese with bread, although I Iove a good cheese. I haven’t tried the 24 hour no knead bread recipe but I’ve certainly heard about it and will have to try it.. I like using a starter because it goes with age old bread tradition. I’ve found it kind of fun to feed and nurture it. Call me weird. For this recipe you can use any type of bread, but I’d recommend something artisan because it tastes so much better.