ITALIAN GUACAMOLE
You know guacamole. You love guacamole. But have you ever tried Italian guacamole? With just a few simple ingredient swaps, our Italian guacamole is a fun twist on a Mexican classic.
Ingredients
- 4 avocados peeled and pitted
- 1 lemon juiced
- ½ cup red onion minced
- 3 cloves of garlic minced
- 2 Roma tomatoes diced
- ½ cup fresh basil sliced into a chiffonade
- ½ teaspoon salt or to taste
- ¾ teaspoon freshly cracked black pepper or to taste
Instructions
- Pour lemon juice over avocados in a mixing bowl. Mash avocado with a potato masher or fork, leaving it chunky in consistency for texture. Mix in shallots, garlic, tomato, basil, salt and pepper. Adjust seasoning to taste.
Notes
- Prevent Oxidation. Have all of your ingredients chopped and ready to go, before peeling the avocados. This way you minimize the amount of time the peeled avocados spend exposed to oxygen. This will keep them green longer. Also, hitting your peeled avocados with a splash of lemon juice will prevent them from turning brown.
- No bread? No problem. If you don’t have any bread on hand, you can always serve this guacamole with tortilla chips. Duh!
- Storage. Store your leftover guacamole in an air-tight container in the refrigerator for up to three days.
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