Immune Boost Citrus Breakfast Toast
Looking for a new way to enjoy in-season citrus fruits? This simple and delicious breakfast toast is loaded with antioxidants that can help to improve your immunity!
Why Citrus Breakfast Toast could boost your immunity
Citrus: Citrus fruit contain high levels of Vitamin C, an essential vitamin that supports the immune system and serves as an antioxidant.
Sunflower Seeds: Sunflower seeds contain Vitamin E, a fat-soluble vitamin that acts as an antioxidant, and zinc. Both work to boost your immune system.
California Prunes: Prunes are a great source of antioxidants, which help your body to fight off infections.
What ingredients do you need to make Citrus Breakfast Toast?
Here’s what you’ll need to make this healthy breakfast: Citrus (we used mandarin oranges + tangerines), whole wheat sourdough bread, sunflower butter, sunflower seeds, prune purée and raw sugar (to broil the citrus).
How to make Citrus Breakfast Toast
Cut citrus into slices. Sprinkle with sugar and broil.
Toast your sourdough bread.
Spread with sunflower seed butter and prune purée.
Sprinkle with diced prunes + sunflower seeds.
Enjoy!
This recipe is delicious with all sorts of different varieties of citrus. While we used Tangerines and Mandarins for the pictured toasts, there are lots of other variations you can make with other varieties of citrus.
- Blood Orange + Cara Cara
- Navel + Mandarin
- Ruby Red Grapefruit + Clementine
- Valencia + Tangelo
Citrus Breakfast Toast
Ingredients
- 1 large or 2 small citrus fruit peels and piths removed with a knife, sliced into rounds
- 1 ½ TBSP raw sugar
- 2 slices whole grain sourdough bread toasted to desired darkness
- 4 TBSP sunflower butter
- 2 TBSP prune puree recipe follows
- 1 TBSP sunflower seeds
- 2 California prunes finely diced
Instructions
For the Brûléed Citrus Wheels:
- Place the citrus wheels on a heat-proof surface (like a baking sheet) and add a small amount of sugar to the top of each piece.
- Using a circular motion, pass the flame of a culinary torch repeatedly over the sugar until it boils and turns lightly charred and amber.
- *Alternately, use a broiler set on high to caramelize the sugar.
To build the toast:
- Spread 2 tablespoons of sunflower butter on each warm piece of whole-grain toasted sourdough bread. Top with 1 tablespoon prune puree, spread evenly across the sunflower butter. Sprinkle half of the diced prunes and sunflower seeds over top. Arrange half the broiled citrus on top and serve immediately.
Notes
Nutrition
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