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This Avocado Rose Appetizer is a delicious combination of a crunchy tortilla, fresh citrus, and dill sour cream, topped with a beautiful avocado rose.
Unlike most avocado rose recipes, which involve making a long, thin strip of sliced avocado and swirling it into a spiral, this method is easy and failproof! Plus, you use less avocado, and your slices don’t have to be super thin for it to work.
Recipe Tip
Choose a ripe avocado to ensure the best result – save the mushy ones for my guacamole dip.
Serve these beautiful appetizers at your next dinner party or special occasion. You can even top the avocado roses onto toast for an everyday-fancy breakfast, brunch, or snack.
Key Ingredients
Please be sure to scroll down to the recipe card below for the complete details!
- Tortilla: Plain, white tortilla. I use the plain 20 cm (8 inch) size.
- Avocado: Choose a firm, ripe avocado. I prefer Hass for their creamy taste.
- Sour cream: I choose full-fat for the best flavor, but use what you like.
- Lemon: Adds brightness and pairs well with the rich avocado (not pictured).
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Avocado Rose Appetizer
Equipment
Ingredients
- 2 tortilla
- 1 tablespoon olive oil
- 1 avocado, ripe
- 3 tablespoons sour cream
- 1/2 lemon
- 1 teaspoon dill, fresh or dried
- sea salt, to taste
- black pepper, to taste
- fresh basil leaves, to garnish
Instructions
- Turn on your oven to 175°C/ 350° F.
- Cut the tortilla flowers with the cookie cutter.
- Press the flowers into the muffin pan.
- Brush the top with olive oil.
- Bake for 3-5 minutes until the flowers are golden.
- Allow to cool in the pan.
- Mix the sour cream, juice of half a lemon, sea salt, pepper, and dill (do chop it if you are using fresh).
- Spoon the sour cream mixture into the tortilla flowers.
- Halve the avocado and remove the pit.
- Gently peel the avocado and slice it thinly.
- Individually place the avocado slices into the tortilla base, overlapping and curving them as you go to resemble a rose.
- Use larger pieces of avocado around the perimeter of the tortilla and the smaller pieces towards the middle.
- Twirl the avocado centerpiece around itself and place it in the middle.
- Stick two basil leaves to one side.
- Squeeze lemon juice over the roses to prevent browning.
- Sprinkle with sea salt.
- Serve.
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Nutrition
Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.
