Guacamole
The avocado sauce the Mexica were already making in a molcajete: mashed avocado with onion, chilli, coriander, tomato and lime. In Mexico it goes with almost everything, from tacos to grilled meat.
Ingredients
- 3 ripe avocados
- 1/2 white onion
- 1 serrano or jalapeño chilli (to taste)
- 1 tomato
- 1 handful of fresh coriander
- The juice of 1 lime
- Salt
- Tortilla chips to serve
How to make it at home
- Finely chop the onion, chilli and coriander. Grind them in the molcajete (or a mortar) with the salt until you have a paste.
- Add the avocado flesh and mash it with a fork or the pestle, leaving some chunks.
- Stir in the deseeded, chopped tomato and the lime juice.
- Check the salt and lime and serve straight away with tortilla chips.
The trick: If you’re keeping it, press cling film onto the surface so it doesn’t go brown.