Sunday, August 19, 2012
Real Guacamole
Recently, I wrote a blog post about fake guacamole dip. As a response this, my friend Terry from Toronto emailed me her real guacamole recipe. The secret, she says, is lime juice. I took her recipe and decided give it a shot. One ingredient that Terry's recipe didn't list that I added was fresh chopped cilantro. I made a point to get real tomatoes from a roadside stand instead of the the bland ones you get from the grocery store.
The resulting guacamole was delicious! I highly recommend this! Here's Terry's recipe:
My recipe for guacamole contains only ingredients. But I think you
just mash them all together and - VOILA* - guacamole. *a little
linguistic inconsistency
Unless you have a food processor (I don't... still), use avocados that
are black - super-ripe and mushy and therefore easy to mash.
The page from my recipe binder (which goes back to about 1980):
For each avocado used:
juice of 1/2 lime
1/2 tsp salt (approximately)
1/2 garlic bud (pressed)
Tabasco
1 tbsp onion grated
1/2 tomato chopped
Then, I have very helpfully written:
For 6 avocados:
juice of 3 limes
3 tsp salt
2 garlic buds pressed
Tabasco
6 tbsp grated onion
2 tomatoes chopped
Given the age of recipe, I don't think cilantro was on any mere mortal's radar at that time. I have updated the page in my book with cilantro and noted it as a contribution from Bill. Thanks! Now *I* have to try the new recipe!
ReplyDeleteeverything is clear except the tabasco portion of the recipe... how much tabasco goes in?
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