A month or so ago, we went over to a friend’s house for appetizers. She’s from Texas and treated us to fresh-made guacamole. Ever since, we’ve become addicted and have it at least once a week. It’s so easy and SO good and doen’t require a recipe. No more pre-fab grocery guacamole for us…for any who are interested, here’s a rough list of ingredients:Combine the following ingreidents in a bowl:
1 avocado for every two people* (cut in half, remove pit, spoon the good stuff out of the solid shell and place into a bowl)
A healthy splash of lime juice (or lemon juice if you’re in a pinch)
Salt (omit if your tortilla chips are already heavily salted)
Fresh ground pepper
Garlic to taste
Smash the avocado with a fork mixing with the other ingredients listed above. Once smooth (or to your liking), add one or more of the following ingredients:
Tomato (higly recommended as an addition, ~1 heaping tbsp per avocado)
Drained corn ( ~1 heaping tbsp per avocado)
Purple onion (~1 finely chopped tsp per avocado)
Sour cream (1 tsp to make it creamy)
Cilantro (to taste)
Mix all ingredients and serve immediately (it turns brown if you make it ahead).
YUM! Especially with Lime Tositos (which they don’t have in Britain!).
*Tips for choosing avocados. Ripe avocados have brown skin…don’t get the bright green ones. Also, shake the brown avocado before purchase–if you can hear the pit, it’s over ripe.