The weird ingredient Kylie Jenner adds to avocado toast - Mashed

Let's take a leaf from another celebrity's literal book: Samin Nosrat, chef and author of Salt Fat Acid Heat, proposes that those four elements allow for good, flavorful, balanced meals. While we're not sure about Jenner's summer reading list, it is obvious that her avocado toast concoction fits the bill for a potentially good breakfast. The salt emphasizes flavor, while the avocado provides a soft, rich fat. The acidity of the honey and hot pepper helps to balance out that rich avocado flavor. Adding heat to the sourdough bread turns the slice from something floppy and bland to something crispy and complex.

Salt, fat, acid, heat. We're kind of impressed. But while Jenner's toast tricks are kind of nice, honey has provided an exciting addition to savory foods for centuries at least. It's mixed into stir fry, folded into polenta, drizzled onto poached salmon and crispy chicken. More recently, hot honey — a type of honey infused with chile peppers — has made it onto pizzas, thanks to an experimental cook who got his inspiration traveling in Brazil (via Taste).

If you're going to try Jenner's recipe, we recommend infusing your own honey with your favorite chile peppers: It distributes the spiciness more evenly, while taking away the grainy bits of red pepper. It's not difficult. According to Bon Appétit, the spicy-sweet concoction can be made when you cook honey with peppers over low heat. Maybe Kylie Jenner can try it next time. Who knows?

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