Name: The perfect guacamole
Ingredients: ripe avocados; salt; fresh lime; spring onions; pepper; green chillies; fresh coriander

Frances Bissell

The perfect guacamole

Preparation info

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Modern Classics

By Frances Bissell

Published 2000

About
Recipes
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Avocados are plentiful and relatively inexpensive. Buy them hard and perfectly unblemished, with the vestigial stalk still attached, and the fruit will ripen in the fruit bowl in a few days.

Ingredients

You Need

To feed 8 people, 4 large ripe avocados, salt, pepper and a fresh lime, six spring onions, trimmed and cleaned, fresh red or green chillies, depending on your tolerance, and a bunch of fresh coriander, rinsed and dried.

Vegan
Gluten-free

Method

Peel and roughly chop the avocados, then mash with the salt and pepper, grated lime zest and a little lime juice. Finely chop the spring onions and seeded chillies and stir into the mashed avocado. Cover with clingfilm until required, but preferably serve immediately.

Alternatives

For a smooth guacamole, put all the ingredients in the food processor and switch the ‘pulse’ button on and off until you have the texture you prefer.