Thursday, August 16, 2012

Recipe for Simple and Quick Guacamole

By Alejandro Mole


This recipe will make enough guacamole for two individuals, but you can easily double or triple it.

So, what ingredients do you need:

1 avocado, 1 really tiny red onion, 1 lemon juice (you may squeeze a lemon or just purchase lemon juice in the store), salt, black pepper,

as well as a blender.

That's it.

Instructions

1. This is what you'll need. Use a tiny onion or guacamole will be too strong. You could nonetheless add some later, just don't start out with too much. Naturally you can make use of a larger onion and chop it in half :). You can also employ the usual white onion but I've discovered that red ones work much better.

2. Initially peel the onion and chop it in a couple of big pieces so it fits into the blender. Now put 2/3 of the onion you're going to utilize into the blender and save the remaining 1/3 for later.

3. Now for the avocado. First cut the avocado in half. Don't slice the seed, just make an incision about the avocado. Then grab each half with a single hand and twist. One half must nicely separate from the seed.

4. Now take a spoon and eliminate the avocado meat from its skin.

5. Put the avocado into the blender together with the onion.

6. Mix until you get a nice and even texture.

7. Now take the rest of the red onion (the 1/3 from the start) and cut it into small pieces employing a knife. What's the point of this? I like the taste of the onion to equally combine into the guacamole - this can be achieved by blending onion and avocado together in a blender. But I also like the small onion bits in the guacamole. these pieces give better texture to the guacamole, make it a bit chunky and it appear more home-made :). In fact - you may do the same with avocado. Combine 2/3 of it and just smash the remaining 1/3 into the guacamole with a fork. This way you are going to have a nice tasting base along with some chunks.

8. Now take a good guacamole bowl and place in the mixed avocado/onion from the blender. Add in chopped red onion, salt, pepper and lemon juice. How much lemon juice? This is determined by your taste. I usually begin by adding little then keep on adding some more until you're happy. Taste your guacamole in between.

9. Now get a fork and mix your guacamole until the chopped red onions are consistently distributed through the guacamole and lemon juice has disappeared into the mixture making guacamole just a little bit smoother and less dense.




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