Avocado toast with smoked mackerel and lime

Creamy, crunchy avocado toast topped with flakes of smoked mackerel, spring onions and zesty lime. Heaven in every bite!

I’m no hipster, but I do have a long history with avocados!

My parents were pretty adventurous with food and introduced us to all sorts of weird and wonderful fruit and veg. We’d eaten avocados on a childhood holiday in Israel in the 1970s, even though they were still quite exotic in the UK at that time.

Avocado cafe

I remember that sometime afterwards we had a trip to London to visit family. We went to the cafe in John Lewis, or possibly Fenwick’s, for lunch. In the display fridge were avocado halves filled with prawn cocktail – the height of 70s chic! – and I asked if I could have one without the prawns, since they’re not kosher.

The lady behind the counter seemed quite shocked by a 4 year old demanding something as sophisticated as an avocado! I remember her expression quite clearly, although I have no memory of eating the avo (or not!).

How times have changed

These days, avocado is such an everyday staple that plenty of babies are weaned on it! It’s easy to spoon, and its packed with healthy fats, vitamins and other nutrients. Not to mention it’s delicious!

With all that goodness, it’s really no wonder that avocado is also extremely popular. I enjoy it particularly when it’s combined with another great foodie love of mine – toast.

Sourdough? Of course!

I was in a super-cool hipster coffee place with some friends recently, and we had to laugh when 80% of the menu was avocado toast – avocado toast with egg, avo toast with smoked salmon, avo toast with radishes… endless variations.

Of course the toast was sourdough. Two hipster birds with one stone, right there.

Avocado toast – not just for hipsters

My own homemade avocado toast uses whatever bread I have to hand, which is usually a sliced wholemeal or 50:50 loaf. I like to squash the avocado on with a fork rather than slice it – the slices always seem to fall off when I eat it! Personally, I think smoked mackerel goes amazingly well with avocado – try this quick avocado and mackerel pate if you have any fish and avocado left over.

The best avocado toast

Personally, I think the best avocado toast is the one you’ve made for yourself and taken the time to enjoy! Freshly smashed avocado on hot toast, topped with your favourite things – YUM!

Obviously this recipe is for toast with avocado and smoked mackerel, but you can add all sorts of different toppings. Here are a few ideas:

• Thinly sliced radishes and wild rocket, for a peppery sensation
• Feta, cherry tomatoes and fresh mint if you’re feeling Mediterranean
• Yogurt, chilli oil and roasted tomatoes if you want something a bit spicy
• Humous, olives and a shake of za’atar for an Israeli-inspired toast

Really, you can let your imagination run wild! Sliced egg, mixed seeds, pickled onions, pomegranate seeds, grated carrot… Your toast is a blank canvas – what’s stopping you?!

Ingredients in avocado toast with mackerel and lime

This is really a quick lunch or substantial snack, so it just has a few ingredients – the sorts of things you’re likely to have hanging around in the pantry and/or fridge.

To make it you will need:

• Bread – whatever kind you prefer/have on hand
• Avocado – you only need about half an avocado per person, depending on the size
• Smoked mackerel fillet
• Spring onion – also called scallion in the USA
• Fresh lime – for squeezing

Avocado toast for brunch, lunch or breakfast

This recipes makes two slices of avocado toast, which I’d say serves one. You can easily scale it up to serve more people – the recipe card has buttons for 1, 2 or 3 servings, or if you hit ‘print recipe’ you can choose as many servings as you like!

This makes a perfect brunch, lunch or even a healthy breakfast idea for a summer’s day.

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Avocado toast with smoked mackerel & lime

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Creamy, crunchy avocado toast topped with flakes of smoked mackerel, spring onions and zesty lime. Heaven in every bite!

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Prep Time 10 minutes mins

Total Time 10 minutes mins

Course Breakfast, Lunch, Snack

Cuisine European

Servings 1

Calories 450 kcal

Ingredients

  

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• 2 slices bread – whatever kind you like!
• ½ an avocado
• 1 smoked mackerel fillet
• 1 spring onion (scallion)
• ¼ a lime
• freshly ground black pepper (optional)

Instructions

 

• Toast the bread to your liking.
• While the bread is toasting, remove the skin from the avocado. Remove the skin and any bones from the mackerel and break into flaky chunks. Trim and thinly slice the spring onion.
• Once the toast is ready, squash half the avocado onto each slice using a fork. Scatter the mackerel pieces and sliced spring onions over.
• Squeeze over the lime and season with black pepper if desired.
• Serve immediately!

Notes

The black pepper really enhances the flavour, however, if you use peppered smoked mackerel, you may not need any additional black pepper.

Nutrition

Nutrition Facts

Avocado toast with smoked mackerel & lime

Amount per Serving

Calories

450

% Daily Value*

Fat

 

24

g

37

%

Saturated Fat

 

4

g

25

%

Trans Fat

 

1

g

Polyunsaturated Fat

 

4

g

Monounsaturated Fat

 

12

g

Cholesterol

 

38

mg

13

%

Sodium

 

343

mg

15

%

Potassium

 

941

mg

27

%

Carbohydrates

 

38

g

13

%

Fiber

 

10

g

42

%

Sugar

 

4

g

4

%

Protein

 

24

g

48

%

Vitamin A

 

325

IU

7

%

Vitamin C

 

19

mg

23

%

Calcium

 

115

mg

12

%

Iron

 

4

mg

22

%

* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.

Keyword avocado, bread, lime, mackerel

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More delicious mackerel recipes

If you like smoked mackerel you’ll probably also enjoy this delicious smoked mackerel kedgeree – a fabulously easy family dinner.
Or if you want more lovely toasty lunch ideas, how about an overstuffed bagel toast, a fruity pear and stilton toast, or a delicious flower toast aka ‘egg in the basket’.