Classic Guacamole

Cooking method

1. Step 1:

   

   How do you make classic guacamole? Prepare the ingredients. Choose a soft avocado with intact, unblemished skin. You can use lemon instead of lime.

2. Step 2:

   

   Peel the onion and chop it as finely as possible.

3. Step 3:

   

   Put it in a small bowl and pour lime juice over it - this marinates the onion and takes away its harsh bite.

4. Step 4:

   

   Make a tomato concassé. What is tomato concassé? It's a special way of preparing and cutting tomatoes where the skin and seeds are removed. How do you make tomato concassé? First, peel the tomato. To do that, score it crosswise, then drop it into boiling water for 1-2 minutes.

5. Step 5:

   

   Move the tomato straight from the boiling water into a bowl of cold water. The temperature shock makes the skin slip off the flesh easily.

6. Step 6:

   

   Peel the tomato, cut it into wedges, and remove the seeds, leaving only the flesh.

7. Step 7:

   

   Cut the tomato flesh into small cubes.

8. Step 8:

   

   Wash and dry the chili pepper. Cut the pod in half and remove the seeds. Cut the amount of pepper you need into small pieces.

9. Step 9:

   

   Wash the herbs well, dry them, and chop them finely.

10. Step 10:

    

    Peel the garlic and grate it on the finest grater. You can also press it through a garlic press.

11. Step 11:

    

    Wash the avocado, dry it, and cut it in half. Remove the pit and scoop out the flesh with a spoon.

12. Step 12:

    

    Mash the avocado flesh with a fork until it's a purée.

13. Step 13:

    

    Put the avocado flesh in a bowl, add the onion with the lime juice, and mix. The citrus acid keeps the avocado from darkening, so if you don't want to add onion, be sure to add lime or lemon juice anyway. Add the remaining ingredients - tomatoes, pepper, herbs, garlic. Pour in the olive oil, salt it, and season with spices. Mix. The guacamole is ready!