"No offense, Barb, but that is, by far, the best guacamole I have ever eaten."
Need any more convincing to try this?
If so, you're too stubborn. (See a therapist.)
Personally, until I found Lawrey's Guacamole Mix, I never liked guacamole.
I fell in love, though, and so did everyone who tried my guac.
Then the bastards stopped making it!
I couldn't find it anywhere.
Thank goodness,
because if they hadn't stopped making my favorite guacamole mix,
I would never had made my brother-in-law, Allan's, real guacamole,
the recipe for which has been patiently waiting for me in our family cookbook
for two years.
Ingredients:
2 ripe avocados (I used 2.5)
1/4 cup peeled, finely-chopped Italian plum tomato
(oops. Just realized I forgot to peel it. Whatever.)
(oops. Just realized I forgot to peel it. Whatever.)
4 tsp seeded and minced jalapeno (I didn't measure--just used one whole jalapeno)
1/4 chopped onion (red, yum)
1 tsp minced garlic
1/4 cup chopped fresh cilantro leaves
2 T freshly squeezed lemon juice (yes, a whole lemon is too much, IMO)
2 T freshly squeezed lime juice (see above)
1 tsp Worcestershire (pronounced "woostasheer")
1/2 tsp hot pepper sauce
1 tsp salt (We like sea salt.)
6 turns freshly-ground black pepper
See that? All natural ingredients.
(Discounting the fact that I have no clue what * Worcestershire sauce is.)
First, do all of the mincing, dicing, etc.
and throw it all together
Don't forget the cilantro--Wow--That was such a great addition :)
Cut the avocados in half, take the pits out.
Scoop the flesh out with a nice-sized table spoon and mash it with a potato masher until it's still chunky.
Mix everything together.
Some would say to chill it for a bit, to give the flavors a chance to "meld."
We skipped that step and inhaled it.
It was fantastic.
The only change I will make next time is to probably cut the Worcestershire sauce amount in half.
Maybe. It really was delicious. Very flavorful.
Good-bye, Lawrey's.
I am so over you.
From Wikipedia:
The ingredients of a traditional bottle of Worcestershire sauce sold in the UK as "The Original & Genuine Lea & Perrins Worcestershire sauce" are malt vinegar (from barley), spirit vinegar, molasses, sugar, salt, anchovies, tamarind extract, onions, garlic, spice, and flavouring.[8] The "spice, and flavouring" is believed to include cloves, soy sauce, lemons, pickles and peppers.[8]
