Guacamole!

[LadyBird]

I tried making this lovely mexican dish a couple of nights ago and failed miserably! I mean who can mess up (such an easy) dip?!? So if anyone has a great recipe, please share your secrets with me. I am craving guacamole!

 

[HiredGoon]

I don't use a recipe, but I make it all the time. Mash up an avocado with a fork, add a pinch of sea salt, fresh ground black pepper, a little chopped cilantro and some lime juice to taste. Mix it all up. That's it for basic guacamole. If you want to dress it up, add a little diced tomato, white onion and jalapeno, but not too much, you don't want to overpower the avocado.

 

[idest]

For very basic guacamole that only ingredients I use are avocados, cumin and lime juice. Like HiredGoon I mash up the avocados with a fork, but then I add a generous amount of cumin and some fresh lime juice to taste.

I almost always add a fresh diced tomato with the seeds and juiced removed as best I can. To do that I start by cutting the tomato in half, then poke a finger into the seed cavities over the garbage and shake out the extra juice and seeds. But thats just me, I want very thick guacamole thats sweetened with tomato chunks.

The hardest part of guacamole, I think, is finding just right ripe avocados. If I had a solution to that I'd give it to you but I don't, sorry.

 

[faith177]

The darker the it is the softer and riper it is, so if you want to mash it look for a dark almost black one

 

[Lordbay]

I don't use a recipe, but I make it all the time. Mash up an avocado with a fork, add a pinch of sea salt, fresh ground black pepper, a little chopped cilantro and some lime juice to taste. Mix it all up. That's it for basic guacamole. If you want to dress it up, add a little diced tomato, white onion and jalapeno, but not too much, you don't want to overpower the avocado.

I do the same, but I put in alittle ground cumin and fresh garlic.

 

[Naomi4Christ]

I make it by whizzing up an avocado, lime or lemon juice, small onion, and skinned tomato in a blender. If I have any coriander leaves, I may add some too. I don't like it hot, but it's easy to make it spicy by adding a few drops of tobasco or chilli oil.

 

[mizangelwolf]

Sorry for that title <smirking>. A really EZ recipe is to just mash your avocado up and add the salsa of your choice to it then stir it up. The acid in the tomato will keep it from turning brown. The way I usually make it is with no recipe but just add the juice of one lemon to one mashed avocado then add salt and garlic to taste. If I am in the mood I will also add cumin and/or cilantro. Now you have me hungry to go buy some chips and make some myself

 

[Naomi4Christ]

The way I usually make it is with no recipe but just add the juice of one lemon to one mashed avocado then add salt and garlic to taste.

That's just mashed avocado, though, and not guacamole

If I'm just mashing avocado, I like to combine it with Creme Fraiche (and lemon juice).

 

[NorwayUnn]

Guacamole Autentico

Ingredients

• 4 ripe avocados, peeled, seeded
• 1 tsp ground cumin
• 1 ripe, medium Roma tomato, seeded, diced
• ½ Cup minced sweet white onion
• 2 serrano chilies, seeded, minced
• ¼ Cup chopped cilantro leaves
• 4 Tbsp fresh lime juice
• Hot pepper sauce, sea salt, white pepper to taste

Instructions

1. Cut avocado in large chunks and mash coarsely in large bowl with a fork. Add remaining ingredients and blend gently - leaving some small chunks is fine. Taste and adjust seasoning with more pepper sauce, salt and pepper if desired.

 

[Lordbay]

After reading this post the other day, all I have had on the mind was guacamole. I made a hugh, my Wife and I were on cloud nine. It hit the spot on a very hot day.