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Smoked salmon, wasabi & avocado on granary bread

Serves Serves 2

Difficulty Easy

Prep Time 10 minutes

Cooking Time 5 minutes

Ingredients

2 t fresh curd cheese or cream cheese
1 t wasabi paste
2 slices granary bread
1 ripe avocado
150 g smoked salmon or gravlax
finely grated zest of 1 lime
½ t each black and white sesame seeds
a few pea shoots or tendrils (optional)

Method

1. Mix the cheese with wasabi and spread it on the bread.

2. Slice the avocado thinly and put it in an even layer on top of the wasabi-cheese mix, then cover with the smoked salmon.

3. Sprinkle on the lime zest and sesame seeds and garnish with the pea shoots or tendrils, if you have found any.

This is an extract from Bliss on Toast by Prue Leith. Photographs by Haarala Hamilton.

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Smoked salmon, wasabi & avocado on granary bread

Smoked salmon, wasabi & avocado on granary bread

Ingredients

Method