Open-Faced Avocado Sandwich with Lemon Ricotta, Tomatoes, and Pickled Peppers - SippitySup

Ingredients

• 1 cup fresh, whole-milk ricotta
• 1 lemon (zest only)
• ¼ cup very good extra-virgin olive oil (plus more for drizzling)
• salt and pepper (to taste)
• 4 large, center-cut slices rustic peasant bread
• 2 ripe but firm avocados (halved, pittled, peeled and sliced)
• 1 pint mixed-color cherry or grape tomatoes (cut in half)
• ½ small red onion (peeled and sliced into slivers)
• 16–20 pickled banana pepper slices (or to taste)
• 2 teaspoons lightly toasted sesame seeds
• 1 teaspoon lightly toasted poppy seeds