Mm. Yummy. If you don’t like guacamole, I pity you. And if you do, stop buying it, it’s SO much better fresh.
Here. Let me SHOW YOU.
Get some Avocados. They have to be kind of soft- ready to go. If you like guacamole, calculate one avocado to each person.
4 avocados is good for a party, or a hearty snack.
Scoop out the insides of the avocado. Stick a knife longways inside the avocado until you hit the seed, and wrap the knife around it- that should half it cleanly. Use a spoon to run along the outside edge.
If you picked good avocados, the seed will POP right out, if they’re a bit under ripe, you may have to root it out.
Do the same to the others. And I don’t know if it’s a wives tale or if it works- but always put a seed in your guacamole- it keeps it fresh. Also helps with the smashing, as you’ll see.
Also, add a bit of your favorite salsa. This gives a nice dampness and flavor that you’ll need when you smash. I go with Safeway’s peach-pineapple- it’s a sweet, mild salsa that everyone I know absolutely loves.
It’s starting to look so yummy now!
Okay. That silver thing in the picture- that’s a LIME JUICER. it extracts every ounce of juice from your limes. You can use it for oranges or lemons, but they will be too big. Any mexican market worth its salt sells all three sizes. We got ours at a flea market- it’s pewter. It’s probably slowly killing us.
Turn your half-slice of lime inward-so the flat side faces the holes and SQUEEZE. Mm. Depending on your limes and guacs- I used 1 whole lime for 4 avocados. It’s to taste, really- so feel free to sample through the process.
I also add salt cause… well, I thought it needed salt. We like our salt sea-flavored. Table salt is more bitter ( bitterer?) and that kicks it up too. Some folks will add pepper and Tapatio, tabasco or cholula- all to taste, really.
This is the hardest part- beating the crap out of it. Mash it good- some old-school folks use the mortar and pestle, but I wanted to do it the hard way- and didn’t want to dirty any more dishes. This is also the part where you fine-tune your guacamole- I wound up adding more salt and more salsa.
And that’s it! I’ll probably do more of these-
Maybe one on rice… and one on ponche when christmas comes.
mm. ponche.
Enjoy!
