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Tartine with Avocado and Goat Cheese

Name: Tartine with Avocado and Goat Cheese
Prep time: 5 min
Cook time: 13 min
Total time: 18 min
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: French
Ingredients: 4 slices quality homemade bread; 2 avocados; 200 g goat cheese; 1 lemon juice; to taste salt and ground black pepper; for decoration fresh parsley or cilantro

Crusty bread layered with creamy avocado and tangy goat cheese, finished with a crack of black pepper and flaky salt. The combination of cool, fatty avocado against sharp, crumbly chèvre makes this more than just fancy toast.

18 min 380 kcal 4 serves Easy🌿Vegetarian🇫🇷France★★★★★4.9· 7 reviews

Ingredients

ServingsMetric

4 slicesquality homemade bread
2 avocados
200 ggoat cheese
1 lemon juice
to tastesalt and ground black pepper
for decorationfresh parsley or cilantro

Note from Sergei

Sergei Martynov

“This tartine lives or dies by three things: the bread, the avocado ripeness, and the goat cheese quality. The bread must be sturdy enough to hold toppings without getting soggy — I use a thick-cut sourdough or pain de campagne, toasted until deeply golden and almost cracker-crisp at the edges. The avocado should yield to gentle pressure but not feel mushy; if it has brown spots inside, it is too far gone. Fresh goat cheese should be creamy and tangy, not chalky — crumble it in generous chunks rather than spreading it thin. The contrast between warm crunchy bread, cool creamy avocado, and sharp goat cheese is what makes this more than just toast.”

Rub the warm toast with a cut garlic clove before adding toppings — it melts into the bread and adds a subtle depth that elevates everything. A drizzle of good honey over the goat cheese is an underrated finishing touch.

Method

Toast the bread on the grill, in the toaster or oven until golden and crispy. Let cool for a couple of minutes.
Cut the avocado in half, remove the pit, scoop out the flesh. Cut into slices or mash with a fork.
Mix the avocado with lemon juice, salt and ground black pepper.
Spread goat cheese on each slice of bread, then top with avocado.
Garnish with olive oil and fresh parsley or cilantro. Add ground red pepper or balsamic cream if desired.

FAQ

Tartine is a French open-faced toast dish but fundamentally different in philosophy. In France a tartine is almost haute cuisine in miniature: the right bread (sourdough, rustic), quality ingredients, attention to texture and flavor balance. Not 'whatever is in the fridge' — a tartine has a concept: sour plus fatty plus crunchy. In Parisian restaurants tartines are served as full meals.

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Comments (1)

Sergei Martynov✍ Author
29d ago
Presentation is half the battle with tartine with avocado and goat cheese. I serve it on a wooden board rather than a plate — it's more inviting and signals to people that they should reach in and help themselves.