This super fast, extremely simple Peach Toast with Honey & Ricotta is inspired by my many years working at Marché Artisan Foods in East Nashville. This 4-ingredient dish is a celebration of peach season, and is perfect for a decadent breakfast, weekend brunch, or a light WFH lunch.
Watch out, avocado tartine. There's a new sheriff in town! Fresh slices of sweet peaches are nestled on a lofty bed of lightly sweetened ricotta and drizzled with wildflower honey for the best darn breakfast toast this side of the Mississippi.
When it comes to breakfast, putting stuff on toast is about as easy as it gets. At Marché, breakfast toasts (a.k.a. tartines) were always inspired by seasonal produce. Strawberry toast with mascarpone and balsamic reduction in the spring, pears & camembert or roasted grapes & goat cheese in the fall, and this sunshiny summertime beauty, peach ricotta toast.
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Why You’ll Love This Summery Breakfast Toast Recipe
- Super Simple - This peach ricotta toast is the embodiment of simplicity. Toasted bread. Lightly sweetened ricotta cheese. Fresh, juicy peaches. The lightest drizzle of local honey. And yet, the end result of these beautiful individual components is somehow more than the sum of its parts.
- Quick & Versatile - Whether you want to make a memorable appetizer for your brunch buddies or just need something to savor during a tough WFH day, this toast with peaches and honey is the answer. It's lightning fast to make—seriously, it takes 4-5 minutes, tops—and is completely satisfying.
- Beautiful & Balanced - It's sweet without being cloying. It's filling without being heavy. And even though it looks fancy AF? It's actually easy and inexpensive to make. Seriously, folks. Do yourself a favor and whip up this easy peach tartine recipe right quick. Your life will be better for it.
Ingredients & Substitutions
As promised, you only need a handful of ingredients to make this easy breakfast toast recipe:
- Crusty Bread - If I'm being honest, the hardest part about making a good peach toast is finding a good loaf of bread. If at all possible, I highly recommend getting some rustic bread from a bakery (or, better yet, making some yourself). You can also make my ciabatta rolls in a larger loaf format for slicing. NOTE: If you want the real Marché experience, Dozen Bakery is the way to go!
- Ricotta - This spreadable cheese is creamy, rich, with a mild milky flavor—perfect for serving first thing. (Shopping Tip: Aldi’s typically has the best prices where I live.)
- Honey - While regular clover honey is fine and dandy, I encourage you to experiment with different varieties of local honey. My favorites are sourwood, wildflower, and Tupelo honey. (Speaking of, that’s a fantastic Van Morrison song.)
- Fresh Peach Slices - The heart of our recipe! Hop to the “expert tips” section for instructions on how to pick perfect peaches every time. (Not a fan of fuzz? Nectarines work just as well.)
How to Make Peach Toast With Ricotta & Honey
This breakfast toast recipe is pretty dang straightforward. Here’s how to make it:
Step 1: Toast a slice of crusty bread. Make sure it’s toasted enough to give it a bit of texture and make it sturdy enough for toppings.
Step 2: Sweeten Ricotta. Mix the ricotta with about 2 tablespoons of honey until well combined. Slice the peach into manageable sized pieces.
Step 3: Slather the sweetened ricotta on the toast slice.
Step 4: Pile the sliced peaches on as high as your heart desires.
Step 5: Finish with a drizzle of honey. That's it. That's the whole shebang. Now dig in with a fork and (preferably a steak) knife and relish every single perfect bite.
Optional Variations & Dietary Adaptations
- Vegan - Swap in maple syrup or agave nectar and your favorite plant-based ricotta.
- Extra Decadent - Make a large format crouton by pan-frying your bread slice in butter like I do for my beans and greens on toast. Alternatively, use a slice of french toast as your base!
- Hot Honey - I’ve always eaten this ricotta peach toast as a sweet breakfast dish, you’re more than welcome to introduce a bit of savory flavor by swapping in hot honey.
- Grilled Peaches - As much as I love fresh peaches, slapping them on the grill sounds like a delightful twist. Feel free to go savory or sweet with your seasonings.
- Swap Your Cheese - Don’t have ricotta on hand, or simply not a fan? Try using the sweetened mascarpone from my strawberry toast recipe, or go more savory with tangy whipped goat cheese. You could also take a page from my peach caprese salad and use torn burrata instead!
- Add Crunch with a sprinkle of sunflower seeds or hemp seeds.
Expert Tips
- Be messy! While there's something aesthetically pleasing about lining up your peach slices just so, I actually think a haphazard pile looks beautiful. Same goes for the honey—go all Jackson Pollock and drizzle with wild abandon, no need to keep it neatly on the toast. A little mess is pretty!!
- No ricotta? No problem! Try one of these easy subs:
- Make your own ricotta (don't worry, it's way easier than it sounds)
- Blend curd cottage cheese with an immersion blender until the consistency is right for a higher-protein, lower-fat option with a similar flavor. This is great if you're looking for a healthy breakfast!
- Use softened cream cheese thinned out with a bit of milk
- Cooking for a crowd? Make your toast using a baking sheet and your oven.
- Make breakfast feel fancy by giving your coffee a little glow-up to match your tantalizing tartine. My friend Megan has tons of ideas over at Coffee Copycat!
How to Pick a Perfect Peach
- Shop local! Local fruit can be picked closer to when it is ripe, rather than being picked prematurely to make it through shipping to get to your store shelf intact. Better yet, shopping local helps to fortify our food system and is often better for the environment.
- Use your senses. First, look. The skin should be smooth (wrinkles are a sign of dehydration and weird texture). The color should be vivid with no signs of green.
- Next, smell it. A ripe peach should smell, well... peachy. If you can't smell the peach, it's likely you won't taste much of it, either.
- Now feel it. A ripe peach should yield a bit under pressure from a gentle squeeze. Go easy, though. You know that saying "bruise like a peach?" That's a saying for a reason.
- If you're buying peaches a few days out from when you want to eat them, I suggest that you do like you would with avocados and buy them in varying states of ripeness.
- When you get your peaches home, store them stem side down in a single layer at room temperature. If they are ripening too fast, you can eke a few extra days out of them by using your fridge.
FAQs
Sure! While the texture won’t be quite as firm as fresh, this is a great option if you’re craving peach toast out of season. I recommend getting canned peaches that are packed in juice instead of syrup to make sure they’re not too sweet. And don’t toss the juice when you’re done! Not only will it reduce food waste, but you’ll also get more from your grocery budget. 😉
First, I’d thank the person who gave me such a thoughtful gift! Next, I’d get to work. I love making crumble top peach pie, tomato peach caprese, peach cobbler with cake mix, peach sangria, peach iced tea, peach lemonade, and, well, you get the idea. PEACH EVERYTHING, Y’ALL.
Oh man, there are so many—try any other stone fruit, berries, tomatoes, or citrus; ginger, vanilla, cinnamon, or clove; almonds, amaretto, or almond extract; fresh basil, mint leaves, tarragon, or thyme; or cheese or prosciutto, to name a few!
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Peach Toast With Ricotta & Honey
Ingredients
- 1 Slice Crusty Bread lightly toasted
- ¼ C Ricotta
- 2-4 teaspoon Honey divided, to taste.
- 1 Fresh Peach
Instructions
- Take a slice of crusty bread and lightly toast it. While the toast is toasting, mix the ricotta with honey until well combined. Slice the peach into manageable sized pieces.When the toast is toasted to your liking, slather on the ricotta. Pile the peaches on as high as your heart desires. Finish it all with a drizzle of honey. Now dig in with a fork and knife and relish every single perfect bite.
Notes
- Nutrition Information will vary depending on the size and type of bread you use. For reference, this is calculating for a 185 calorie piece of bread.
2. Use full-fat small curd cottage cheese (or blend large curd cottage cheese with an immersion blender until the consistency is right)
3. Use softened cream cheese thinned out with a bit of milk
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