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Australian / New Zealand
Anzac Biscuits
Source: Traditionnel
30 min24120 kcal
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Vegemite on Toast
Australia's breakfast in one bite: hot buttered toast scraped with a thin, salty, savoury layer of Vegemite. The trick isn't cooking — it's the restraint to spread it thin.
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Recette de Australian everyday breakfast · 🏺 Traditionnel · Vegemite, created in Melbourne in 1922, is a national icon
Australian everyday breakfast — Vegemite, a thick dark spread made from leftover brewers' yeast extract, was developed in Melbourne in 1922 and is one of Australia's most recognisable national foods. Eaten most classically as a thin scrape on hot buttered toast, it is intensely salty and rich in B vitamins.
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⏱ 5 min🍽 1 portions🔥 190 kcal🇦🇺 Australie
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Toast the bread until golden and crisp.
Butter it while it's still hot, so the butter melts right into the toast.
💡 Butter first, and generously — it's the base layer that balances Vegemite's salt. Buttering hot toast also softens it slightly so the Vegemite spreads without tearing.
Scoop only a tiny amount of Vegemite and scrape it into a thin, even layer — you should be able to see the toast through it in places.
💡 This is the whole skill and the mistake every newcomer makes: Vegemite is intensely salty and concentrated, so a thick jam-like layer is overwhelming. Think 'scrape', not 'spread'.
Cut in half and eat straight away, while the toast is hot and crisp.
💡 Astuces
- This is a spread-on-toast, not a cooked recipe — the only real technique is buttering well and scraping the Vegemite thin. A thick layer is the classic first-timer's mistake.
- Level up the classic way: add a layer of sliced avocado, or a slice of cheese melted under the grill ('cheesymite') — both tame the salt and are very Australian.
- No Vegemite outside Australia? Marmite (British) or Promite is the nearest thing — slightly different, but the same salty-umami idea. Still spread it thin.
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