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So salsa (and guacamole)

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Guacamole

As yet, I do not own a blender so I tend to opt for crude, lumpy guacamole, which nevertheless ends up delicious. Here is how you throw together a tasty guaca-dip with minimum effort and ultimate result. IngredientsGUAC

  • 2 avocados
  • 1 white onion
  • 1 chilli pepper
  • 1–2 handfuls fresh coriander
  • 1 tomato
  • A bit of lime or lemon juice, and salt and pepper to taste

Mash up the flesh of the avocados as best you can with a pestle and mortar or, failing that, a bowl and spoon. (The above video is actually pretty helpful in showing you the easiest way to deal with avocados.) Chop up the rest of the ingredients as finely as you can and mix them into the now-gooey avocado shlop. Add a bit of lime or lemon juice while tasting. Serve.

Salsa

For the salsa, I like to use a couple of fresh tomatoes (nice ones, mind, not those anaemic ones you find in the supermarket – make sure you smell them first and if they don’t make your mouth water, don’t use them). IngredientsSALSA

  • 2 tomatoes
  • 1 red onion
  • A couple of handfuls of fresh coriander (go easy on this if you aren’t as into it as I am)
  • Fresh chopped chilli pepper to taste
  • The juice of 1/2 a lime
  • Salt and pepper to taste

Just chop all of these up nice and fine (I normally get a bit lazy with the tomatoes) and combine. Leave to stand for at least twenty minutes before serving. TIP: I find that you can make the onion extra delicious by chopping it up quite finely and then putting it into a bowl with a few teaspoons of lemon juice and a teaspoon of sugar for around 20 minutes. This works with shallots and white onions as well, and just really brings out the flavour – I basically just do this when using onion in cold salads or dips. There are many variations on both of these recipes, so do browse around and don’t hesitate to throw in extra ingredients.