Guacamole

Guacamole is one of those things people either love or hate, I love it, and it’s very easy to do. Having said that, a classic mistake people make is blending all the ingredients –which one should never do. Instead a guacamole should be chunky, which is simply achieved by mashing everything.

Ingredients

• 3-4 ripe avocados –depending their size
• 3 cloves garlic, minced
• 1-3 jalapeno peppers, minced –depending on your tolerances
• 1 tablespoon olive oil
• 1 tablespoon fresh cilantro, finely chopped minced
• juice of one lime
• ½ teaspoon salt

Breaking Down the Avocados

• Halve the avocados by slicing to the pit and then running your knife around it slicing the avocado.
• Whack the edge of the knife into the pit, twist & pull, removing the pit. Discard.
• If you’re squeamish about the knife, just scoop out the pit with a spoon.
• Scoop the flesh out with a spoon into a bowl.
• Repeat for all avocados.

Directions

• With your avocado flesh in a bowl, add the lime juice, salt, olive oil, chopped cilantro and minced garlic.
• Using a potato masher, mash the ingredients into the avocado until it’s a chunky paste (see above).
• Stir in the minced jalapeno pepper.
• Taste and adjust the seasoning, if need be.
• Eat now or cover and refrigerate until use.