Guacamole

Name: Guacamole
Cuisine: Mexico
Ingredients: 2 ripe avocado pears; juice of 1 lemon; 1 clove garlic, mashed; 4 tomatoes, peeled, seeded and coarsely chopped; ½ Spanish onion, finely chopped; 4 tablespoons finely-chopped celery or green pepper; 4 tablespoons finely-chopped celery or green pepper; 1 tablespoon finely-chopped coriander leaves or parsley; 1 tablespoon finely-chopped coriander leaves or parsley; 2–4 tablespoons olive oil; salt and freshly-ground black pepper; salt and freshly-ground black pepper

Avocado Appetiser

Preparation info

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Great Dishes of the World

By Robert Carrier

Published 1963

About

Ingredients

2 ripe avocado pears
juice of 1 lemon
1 clove garlic

Americas
Mexico
Starter
Vegan
Gluten-free
Central America
Spicy

Method

Peel and mash avocados lightly with a wooden spoon. Add lemon juice, mashed garlic, chopped tomatoes, onion and celery or pepper to mashed avocado mixture. Stir in chopped coriander or parsley, olive oil, and salt and pepper, to taste. Leave the avocado stones in the sauce until ready to serve to keep from browning. Mexicans serve guacamole with tostaditos (deep-fried wedges of