Guacamole

⇐ Recipes from cookery books

Ingredients

2 Tbsp finely chopped or grated onion (save tsp for garnish)

Serrano chillies to taste, finely chopped

3 heaped Tbsp chopped coriander (save some for garnish)

salt to taste

2 large avocados

1 tomato (not too large), peeled seeded and chopped (save some for garnish)

Method

1. Grind the onion, chillies, coriander and salt to a paste in blender or pestle and mortar - save some of the onion and coriander for garnish
2. Peel and pit the avocados and mash them up with the chilli paste, but don't lose the texture - it should be lumpy not smooth.
3. Stir in the chopped tomato - saving some for garnish.
4. Garnish with the saved onion, tomato and coriander

The Essential Cuisines of Mexico Diana Kennedy

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