October 27, 2023 / In food , veggie / Tagged as: avocado, lime, onion, garlic

Guacamole

Total Cook Time

10 minutes

Ingredients

  • 2 ripe avocado
  • 2 fresh limes, large ones with plenty of juice (10ml lime juice per avocado)
  • 1/2 small onion (red or white)
  • salt
  • optional, jalapenos
  • optional, chillis
  • optional, coriander (leaves, roots and all)
  • optional, tomatoes

Avocado varieties that work for guacamole

  • Criollo, an avocado native to Mexico with an ultra-creamy texture and a soft, edible skin that tastes like aniseed
  • Shephard or Hass (produced in Australia)
  • get a creamy avocado not a watery avocado; a simple and basic rule that you ignore at your peril!!

Method

There are only two rules to making a great guacamole:

  1. the avocado must be ripe
  2. and it must be drenched in lime (and from there, anything goes (well, almost)).

Practically:

  1. Place the avocado, lime juice and salt in a container and mash.
  2. Mashing utensils suitable are a) a potato masher or b) a large cooks spoon.
  3. DO NOT MAKE A PUREE. It should be chunky.

Storing it:

  1. With plenty of lime juice it keeps well in an airtight container for a few days.
  2. Alternatively try covering it with cling film.
  3. In Mexico some people like to leave the avocado pip in the mix apparently….

Source

htttps://www.theguardian.com/food/2023/may/10/use-one-lime-for-every-avocado-the-ultimate-guide-to-making-guacamole