16 Savory Toast Recipes

A simple toast is the perfect vessel for many excellent toppings. Try the popular avocado toast, or opt for something different like a marinated piquillo pepper and whipped eggplant toast.

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Marinated Piquillo Pepper and Whipped Eggplant Toasts

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Chef Jose Garces pan-sears sweet and smoky Spanish piquillo peppers before marinating them in a garlic, honey and fresh herb vinaigrette.

Grilled Tofu Steaks with Piquillo Salsa Verde

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Feta-and-Radish Toasts

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Steven Satterfield's restaurant, Miller Union, serves some combination of feta and radishes almost every day. He says you can use any assortment of radishes for these toasts, like watermelon, pink beauty, cherry belle or d'Avignon. If you slice the radishes ahead of time, keep them in a bowl of ice water, which makes them extra cold and crispy.

Quinoa Salad with Pickled Radishes and Feta

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Curried Spaghetti-Squash-and-Chickpea Toasts

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Spaghetti squash gets its name because once it's cooked, you can use a fork to pull the flesh into long, thin strands. Jonathon Sawyer makes his own curry and cooks his own chickpeas for this vegetarian dish, but this simplified recipe calls for store-bought curry paste and canned chickpeas. Sawyer roasts the seeds from the squash and uses them as a garnish; pumpkin seeds from the supermarket are a fine substitute.

Spaghetti Squash Soup with Wild Mushrooms

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Toasted Bread with Olive Oil, Garlic and Herbs

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Bread that's grilled over an outdoor fire has a delicious, woodsy flavor and needs only the simplest of toppings.

Walnut-Lavender Bread

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Ham and Gruyère French Toast Sandwiches

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Dive into the delectable sandwich with a fork and knife or pick it up with your hands, providing there are plenty of napkins close by. Chef Jesse Cool likes to tuck the maple apples in with the ham and cheese, but the fruit can be served on the side, along with a spicy mustard or horseradish sauce.

Almond-Butter-and-Jelly French Toast

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Smoked Salmon Toasts with Mustard Butter

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Sour cream or cream cheese may be the usual spread with salty smoked salmon, but chef David Tanis thinks softened butter makes a tasty alternative. (Think of ham-and-butter sandwiches.) To give the butter a zippy bite, he stirs in lemon zest and both Dijon and grainy mustards.

Green Beans with Mustard-Seed Butter

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Turkey Liver Mousse Toasts with Pickled Shallots

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This hors d'oeuvre is a Louisiana riff on traditional French chicken liver pate. The Rushings create a silken mousse with livers from the quintessential American bird, turkey, but you can also use chicken livers. Instead of cornichons, the little French pickles, the Rushings add a sweet-and-tangy Southern accent--pickled shallots.

Split Pea Soup with Goat Cheese and Pickled Shallot

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Avocado Toasts with Oaxacan Sesame Sauce

Christina Holmes

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Food writer and stylist Karen Gillingham makes this spicy, fragrant sauce inspired by a version she discovered at a hole-in-the-wall cafe in Mexico. She likes spooning it over toasts topped with mashed avocado, but it's also great with eggs and grilled fish.

Goat Cheese and Avocado Toasts

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Smoked-Trout-and-Caper-Cream-Cheese Toasts

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Inspired by the classic combination of bagels with lox and cream cheese, Tory Miller devised this variation using smoked, locally raised trout and homemade English muffins. It would be equally good on other breads, such as a baguette, or even the bagel that inspired it.

Smoked Trout Tostadas

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Beans and Bacon on Buttered Toasts

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This hearty fork-and-knife dish from Hugh Acheson is perfect for a quick, easy dinner for two or as a starter for four.

Twice-Baked Sweet Potatoes with Toasted Marshmallows

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Goat Cheese and Avocado Toasts

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"I make these toasts, grab some potato chips--my secret love--and fix a yummy drink," says Susan Feniger, co-chef at Border Grill in Los Angeles. "That's a late-night dinner!" To change it up, she sometimes broils the avocado toasts for a couple of minutes before topping them with tomatoes, or she'll spread the avocado on rice crackers instead of bread.

Beet, Avocado and Arugula Salad

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Coffee-Caramel-Jam Toasts

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Instead of using a fruit jam, chef William Werner spreads a rich, thick and silky coffee-caramel jam over toasts to make an elegant dessert.

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Ratatouille Toasts with Fried Eggs

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This is an ideal make-ahead brunch recipe; the luscious ratatouille tastes even better when made the day before.

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Grilled Strawberry-Avocado Toasts with Burrata

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These hulking avocado toasts with strawberries and creamy burrata are a great early summer lunch or, cut into thick slices, a crowd-pleasing appetizer. Be sure to use a quality balsamic vinegar here.

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Creamed Kale Toasts

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Instead of creamed spinach, try this luxurious creamed kale on crunchy toasts.

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Garlicky Mushroom Onion Toasts

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Grilling guru Francis Mallmann is a master of efficiency. Here, he creates a delicious first course using only a cast-iron skillet, first toasting the bread in it, then quickly searing the mushroom, onion and garlic toppings right after.

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16 Savory Toast Recipes

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Marinated Piquillo Pepper and Whipped Eggplant Toasts

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Feta-and-Radish Toasts

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Curried Spaghetti-Squash-and-Chickpea Toasts

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Toasted Bread with Olive Oil, Garlic and Herbs

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Ham and Gruyère French Toast Sandwiches

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Smoked Salmon Toasts with Mustard Butter

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Turkey Liver Mousse Toasts with Pickled Shallots

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Avocado Toasts with Oaxacan Sesame Sauce

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Smoked-Trout-and-Caper-Cream-Cheese Toasts

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Beans and Bacon on Buttered Toasts

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Goat Cheese and Avocado Toasts

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Coffee-Caramel-Jam Toasts

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Ratatouille Toasts with Fried Eggs

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Grilled Strawberry-Avocado Toasts with Burrata

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Creamed Kale Toasts

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Garlicky Mushroom Onion Toasts

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