Recipe: Easy guacamole

Guacamole is one of the easiest and tastiest ways of consuming avocado. It can be eaten as a dip (with corn chips, crackers or vegetable sticks), as a topping for chilli, tacos or salads, on toast, in burritos, wraps, burgers, etc.

There are many ways of making guacamole and, in general, I think you should make it however you like. Having said that, I do follow a few rules:

• Use lime, never lemon
• Any kind of onion can be used: red, brown, green, eschalots. Just make sure it’s finely chopped.
• Never use garlic
• The tomato is optional, particularly if you’re sharing with people with food sensitivities
• Black pepper is optional
• Don’t mash the avocado to death, keep it chunky. It’s a dip, not a smoothie bowl.

Easy guacamole

• Servings: about 1.5 cups
• Time: 10
• Difficulty: easy
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Ingredients

• 1 large ripe avocado
• 1 to 1 1/2 limes
• 2 tbsp finely chopped onion
• 2 tbsp finely chopped tomato
• 1/2 tsp sea salt
• freshly ground black pepper (optional)
• small handful of coriander leaves, finely chopped

Directions

1. Place the onion in a bowl and squeeze the lime(s) on it. You can let it sit for a while if you want to take the bite off the onion.
2. Scoop the avocado flesh in the bowl and mash with a fork.
3. Mix in the tomato and coriander, season with salt and pepper and taste.