Guacamole

Serves 1
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Directions

  1. 1Know that an avocado is ready when you press it and it starts to rebound back a little bit.
  2. 2Cut the avocado, moving the avocado not the knife.
  3. 3Remove the pit and peel the avocado.
  4. 4Dice the avocados.
  5. 5Set the diced avocado aside.
  6. 6Cut one serrano pepper because of the spice.
  7. 7Add a little bit of salt (ocean) to the molcajete, as it helps with the grinding process.
  8. 8Dice a little bit of red onion.
  9. 9Notice that smoother limes are going to have more juice than wrinkly ones.
  10. 10Roll the lime to get even more juice.
  11. 11Squeeze lime juice into the molcajete.
  12. 12Add a little bit of cilantro or sofrito.
  13. 13Pound the ingredients in the molcajete.
  14. 14Add the avocado to the molcajete.
  15. 15Mash the avocado with the molcajete pestle.
  16. 16Stir in the diced tomatoes, making sure to take the insides out to avoid watery guacamole.
  17. 17Adjust for seasoning, making sure the flavors are on point.
  18. 18Make sure it has enough lime juice.
  19. 19Garnish with more onions and cilantro.

Ingredients

  • 4 ripe avocados
  • 1 serrano pepper
  • 0.25 red onion
  • 1 tsp lime juice
  • 1 tsp salt
  • 1 handful cilantro
  • 3 roma tomatoes

Equipment

molcajeteknifecutting boardbowl

Tips

  • To know when an avocado is ready, press it, and it should rebound back slightly.
  • Move the avocado, not the knife, when cutting.
  • Smoother limes will have more juice than wrinkly ones.
  • Rolling the lime before squeezing helps to get more juice out.
  • Remove the seeds from tomatoes to prevent watery guacamole.
  • Adjust seasoning to taste, ensuring flavors are on point, including lime juice.
  • Molcajetes mash ingredients and extract flavor, making for a really good guacamole

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