Home > Recipes > Recipe Finder >

Avocado with Bocconcini and Basil

Average User Rating: 

rating starrating starrating starrating starrating dot

Serves: 4
Prep Time: 10 minutes
Cook Time: 10 minutes

4 slices bread, toasted
2 avocados, seeded, skinned and sliced
Juice of 1 lemon
½ bunch spring onions, sliced finely
1 cup basil leaves
6 Roma tomatoes, sliced
6 bocconcini ‘cherries’, drained and sliced
Tabasco sauce
Pepper to taste

  • Arrange some avocado slices on the toast, then sprinkle with the lemon juice and a little Tabasco sauce.
  • Dust with pepper and scatter with the spring onions.
  • Arrange some tomato slices on top.
  • Set half of the basil leaves aside.
  • Using scissors, shred the remaining basil roughly and scatter over the tomatoes.
  • Top with the remaining avocado and tomato slice.
  • Arrange bocconcini cheese on top and cook under a hot grill for about 10 minutes, or until the cheese has melted and started to bubble.
  • Serve at once with remaining whole basil leaves and dusted with pepper.
Add to my Recipe Book Rate this Recipe
Conversion Table blank SMS Shopping List Send to a friend Print

No Comments

Login to post a comment.

Avo Club Login

Username:  
Password:  
Lost Password

Avo Club Login

   
 
Login

Quick Bites

ss
|Filipinos puree Avocados with sugar and milk for a dessert drink. |Brazilians add Avocados to ice cream.|Other names for Avocado include agovago pears, abogado, avocatier, avocaat, avocato, avagato, albeccata and alligator pear.|Avocados were once a luxury food reserved for the tables of royalty, however these days they are enjoyed by people from all walks of life.|Latin Americans wrap Avocados up and give them as wedding gifts.|Science can neither deny nor confirm the Avocado's reputation as an aphrodisiac.|Avocados contain more than 25 essential vitamins and minerals.|Avocados have only five grams of fat per serving, most of it being monounsaturated (good) fat.|Avocados are sodium free and cholesterol free.|Avocados are a healthy food with 60% more potassium than bananas.|Avocados are a fruit, not a vegetable.|The Guinness Book of Records lists Avocados as the most nutritious fruit in the world!

Ask Zoe

Avocados are great for your health. If you want to know more about good health, ask Zoe our resident nutritionist.




Avocados Blog
Fabulous and Fit with Fibre
Which foods are rich in fibre, how much do we need, and how can we add more fibre to our diet?
Read Full Article   Arrow

Connect With Us   Go
Facebook
"Why is fibre important? How much fibre do we need? Find out in this blog article written by resident nutritionist, Lisa Yates."
Twitter
Loading Twitter content.
Avo footer