Video & Photography by Anthony MacFarlane
Chef Notes
- This classic Polish schnitzel sandwich is elevated with charred Australian avocado horseradish cream and a fresh avocado cucumber dill salad.
- Charring the avocado adds subtle smokiness while intensifying its natural buttery texture, creating a rich, stable cream that replaces heavier sauces.
Ingredients
Pork schnitzel
- 4 x 180g pork scotch fillet schnitzels
- Fine sea salt and white pepper, to season
- Neutral oil, for frying
Australian avocado horseradish cream
- 300g Australian avocados (approx. 1 ⅕ – 2 avocados)
- 50g good quality jarred grated horse radish
- 60ml lemon juice
- 1 tsp wasabi powder
- Pinch of sea salt
Australian avocado mizeria
- 1 Australian avocado, peeled and sliced
- 1 lebanese cucumber thinly sliced, salted and drained
- 1 tbsp sour cream
- ¼ tsp grated garlic clove
- 1 bunch dill, finely chopped
- Salt and white pepper to taste
To finish
- 4 milk buns cut in half
- 40 g unsalted butter, softened
- 3 tbsp Polish Beetroot relish
Preparation
- To make the avocado cream, take your avocado halves and char them on a very hot grill. Once nice and charred and not falling apart, place in a food processor. Add the horseradish, lemon juice, wasabi powder and a pinch of salt. Blend till smooth. Add a little water if needed.
- Heat oil to 170–175°C. Fry patties for 3-4 minutes until golden and crisp. Drain on a paper towel and season lightly with salt.
- For the salad, mix together the cucumber, dill, minced garlic, sour cream and season.
- Lightly butter the inside of the buns and toast.
- To build, spread a layer of charred avocado sauce onto the base of the buns. Top with pork schnitzel, then place a few slices of avocado, then cucumber mizeria salad, a few dollops of beetroot relish and then add a generous layer of avocado horseradish cream on the top bun and close the sandwich.