Guacamole is best prepared just before serving so it retains its vivd green colour.

Shopping List

• 1 large, ripe avocado
• 2 fat garlic cloves, peeled and roughly chopped
• 1 spring onion, roughly chopped
• 1 tomato, roughly chopped
• 1 tsp ground cumin
• 1 lime, juiced
• Salt and freshly ground black pepper

Method

1. Cut the avocado into two, discard the stone and scoop out the flesh with a spoon into the chopping bowl.
2. Add the garlic and onion and pulse a little with the hand blender to mix.
3. Add the tomato, cumin and some salt and pepper and continue pulsing until the tomato is roughly crushed. Add the lime juice and pulse for a few more seconds.
4. The texture should be crushed and creamy but not completely smooth.
5. Spoon into a bowl and serve with tortilla chips, bread sticks, crisp breads or toast fingers.