Guacamole

snack snack week

N/A

Makes about 2 cups

Source

Ingredients

2 ripe avocados (preferably California)

1 small onion, minced

1 garlic clove, minced and mashed to a paste with 1/2 teaspoon salt

1/2 teaspoon salt

4 teaspoons fresh lime juice, or to taste

1/2 teaspoon ground cumin

1 fresh or pickled jalapeño chili if desired, seeded and minced (wear rubber gloves)

3 tablespoons fresh cilantro if desired

Method

Halve and pit the avocados and scoop the flesh into a bowl. Mash the avocados coarse with a fork and stir in the onion, the garlic paste, the lime juice, the cumin, the chili, and the cilantro. The guacamole may be made 2 hours in advance, its surface covered with plastic wrap, and chilled.