Healthy Avocado Bread with Fresh Avocado Spread
A soft, gluten-free savoury bread made with avocado, eggs, almond flour, herbs, and sesame seeds.
Bread Ingredients
- 150 g ripe avocado flesh
- 2 –3 garlic cloves
- 10 ml olive oil
- Zest of 1 lemon
- 15 ml lemon juice
- 3 medium eggs
- 3 g salt
- 30 g parsley
- 150 g almond flour
- 20 g sesame seeds
- 4 g baking powder
- Black pepper optional
Spread Ingredients
- 150 g ripe avocado flesh
- 10 g fresh chilli
- 20 g coriander
- 60 g onion or shallot
- 120 g tomato deseeded
- 10 –15 ml lemon juice
- Salt and pepper
- Preheat the oven to 180°C conventional or 160°C fan. Line a 20 × 10 cm loaf tin.
- Blend the avocado, garlic, olive oil, lemon zest, lemon juice, salt, parsley, and pepper until smooth.
- Add the eggs and blend briefly.
- Mix the almond flour, sesame seeds, and baking powder in a bowl.
- Fold the avocado mixture into the dry ingredients.
- Transfer the batter to the tin, smooth the top, and add extra sesame seeds.
- Bake for 25–35 minutes, until the centre is set and a skewer comes out without wet batter.
- Cool for 10 minutes in the tin and at least 15 minutes on a rack.
- For the spread, mash the avocado with lemon juice, salt, and pepper.
- Fold in the finely chopped chilli, coriander, onion, and deseeded tomato. Serve immediately.