Guacamole Recipe
One of the must have recipes you should be able to make with your eyes closed.
Equipment
- Sharp knife
- Medium Sized Bowl
- Something to smash the Avocado
- Zest Grater optional
Ingredients
- 2 x Avocados ripe
- 1 x Lime
- ½ x Red Onion
- 1 x Tomato
For those who want a special twist with it
- 1 tbsp Crème Vega or Crème Fraiche
- ½ bunch Parsley or Cilantro
- 1 x Clove of Garlic
- Chili just as you like it
- Lemon Zests
Instructions
- Peel, cut in half and dice one half of the onion. If you like it extra oniony you can dice the whole onion and use it.
- Cut the tomato in quarters, remove the seeds, then cut it into ca. 5mm big pieces.
- Cut the avocados in halves and remove the stones. Scoop the avocados out of their peels and put them into a solid bowl. Don't take a bowl that is too small. Then smash them with a fork. You could also use a pestle and mortar or a ricer. Smash it the way you like ;).
- Roll the lime on your worktop with firm pressure. But not too hard. The peel should not tear up. Then cut the lime in half and squeeze out all of its juice into the bowl with the smashed avocado.
- Add the diced onion and tomato, salt and pepper until it is perfectly spiced for your taste. At this point add all the optional ingredients listed above if you like and give everything a good mix.
- Enjoy!
Notes
Tipp: Always pour your lime juice instantly onto your avocado into the bowl. From the moment you extract your avocado from its peel and its kernel it will start oxidizing and turn into an ugly grey the longer you wait. The lime juice (or any other citrus juice) will stop that oxidation. The reason is the high amount of vitamin c in the juice that acts as an antioxidant. But the vitamin c can only stop the process, not reverse. So once your avocado turned grey it stays grey.
Free Beauty Advice: Eating vitamins is way more efficient than rubbing them into your face.
Guacamole Food Hacks
- If you want to make a really small amount of guacamole and only use half an avocado, do not remove the Kernel from the one half. Use the half without the kernel for your guacamole and store the half with the kernel in your fridge. The kernel will slow the oxidation process down.
- Play with the textures. You don’t necessarily have to mash the avocado. One variation is to finely dice all ingredients. Or you can add some nuts for a little crunch. Walnuts and macadamia are a perfect match in taste. Be creative!
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