Guacamole

"Clearly, guacamole is the work of perfect art, the legitimate employ of the three Aztec elements that make it up: avocado, tomato and chile. " Salvador Novo, Cocina mexicana

This excerpt is from Rick Bayless' book Authentic Mexican and so is this recipe.

This time I doubled the ingredients however because I had about 8 people to plan for.

6 avocado
1 onion very finely diced
2 jalapeno peppers finely diced
1 tomato, core and seed, dice fine
1 clove of garlic finely diced
about 1/4 cup finely chopped cilantro
salt
juice of 1 lime

The rest is pretty straight forward...combine the ingredients.

The one thing that I have found is that it is critical to really mince the onion well so that there aren't any large pieces at all.

Alternatively, you could zap the onion in the food processor as well, but it doesn't work as well and tends to liquefy the onion.


I prepared this the night before and let it marry together in the refrigerator over night. Just remember to keep a few avocado pits together with it to keep it from rusting.

The final result...




Zorak showed up unannounced.








Try tacos dorados with the guacamole.