Toast Bar
- Serving Size 8
- Total Time 30 minutes
Ingredients:
- 1 Loaf of Artisan Bread (i.e., sourdough, country loaf, rosemary)
- 1 pack Salmon Lox
- 1 8oz Cream Cheese
- ½ cup Capers
- ½ a bunch of Parsley
- 2 Garlic cloves, chopped
- ½ a Lemon
- Olive Oil
- 1 Jar of Mixed berry Jam
- 1 8oz Ricotta
- 1 pack Fresh Raspberries, Blackberries
- Honey for drizzle
- Mint for garnish
- ½ lb of Shrimp, peeled and deveined
- 1 Avocado, very ripe
- ½ a lemon
- 1 tbsp of Old Bay or Blackening Seasoning
- 1 tbsp Butter
- Chili Flakes, for garnish
- Chives, for garnish
- Salt & Pepper to taste
Directions:
Caper Gremolata
- Finely chop, capers and parsley, add to a mixing bowl with chopped garlic. Slowly stream olive oil until it is chunky but spreading consistency. Add lemon juice of half a lemon, salt and pepper to taste, mix and set aside.
Bread
- Slice loaf into 1.5 inch thick slices. Toast bread lightly in a pan with butter until both sides are golden brown, repeat for the amount needed and set to the side.
Shrimp
- Season shrimp with Old Bay or Blackening seasoning and a squeeze of lemon juice. In a medium sauté pan or cast iron skillet, melt butter on medium high heat, add shrimp ensuring not to crowd the pan. Cook for 2-3 mins, flip and cook for an additional 2-3 mins. Repeat until all shrimp is cooked, set aside.
Salmon Lox Toast
- Take a toasted slice and spread cream cheese on top, fold 2-3 slices of salmon lox on top. Add a few dollops of caper gremolata.
Mixed Berry Toast
- Take a toasted slice, spread ricotta on top, add a few berries and drizzle with honey and garnish with a few mint leaves.
Shrimp Toast
- In a mixing bowl mash avocado and add lemon juice, salt and pepper to taste. Spread avocado mash on to toast and add 2-3 seared shrimp. Garnish with chili flakes and chopped chives.
- Serve with Gold Peak Sweet Tea.