Australian Cuisine ↗
Vegemite on Toast
About this dish
Australia's defining breakfast — thick white or wholemeal toast spread with butter and a thin, carefully judged layer of Vegemite, a dark, intensely savoury yeast extract. The key word is thin — too much Vegemite is an error only tourists make. Intensely umami, salty and deeply Australian. Introduced to children from infancy and eaten with patriotic devotion for life.
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Ingredients
🍞Thick white or wholemeal bread, 2 slices
🧈Salted butter, softened, about 1 tablespoon
🫙Vegemite, a thin scraping (roughly 1/4 teaspoon per slice — less than you think)
Method
Serves 11
Drop your bread into the toaster and toast to a deep golden brown — you want proper crunch, not pale and floppy.2
The moment the toast pops up, work quickly. Spread the softened butter generously across the entire surface while the toast is still hot, letting it melt right in.3
Now the critical step: scoop out a tiny amount of Vegemite — we're talking the thinnest possible scraping on the back of a butter knife. Less is genuinely more here.4
Spread the Vegemite evenly across the buttered toast in a thin, dark layer. It should look like a whisper of darkness, not a thick paste. If it looks like enough, use half that amount.5
Eat immediately while the butter is still slightly melted and the toast is crisp. Vegemite on toast waits for no one.User Reviews
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