Avocado Oil

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By James Peterson

Published 1991

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Perhaps the most inert of all the oils, avocado oil makes it easier to emulate the ubiquitous huile d’arachide (peanut oil) found in France. It makes perfect mayonnaise and vinaigrette and doesn’t, like extra-virgin olive oil, turn bitter when it is beaten. Its only disadvantage is its expense.