There’s nothing like fresh, homemade guacamole. Making guacamole is easy and just takes a few ingredients. I’ve always made it using a bowl but recently tried making it in an IMUSA Granite Molcajete, a mortar and pestle carved out of granite. It’s a heavy tool, but it’s stable. It’s helpful when pounding avocado that hasn’t ripened fully. This molcajete is large enough to grind up a party-size batch of guacamole, then mix and serve it in the same bowl.
Guacamole
Ingredients
- 2 ripe Haas avocados
- 1/4 cup fresh cilantro. You can also use McCormick’s dried cilantro
- Juice of 1 lime
- 1 serrano pepper, seeded and diced (keep the seeds and veins if you want to make the guacamole spicy)
- 1/2 red onion, diced
- 2 cloves of garlic, finely minced
- 3 Campari tomatoes, diced. Be sure to remove the seeds and the membrane so your guacamole isn’t watery.
- Salt and pepper, to taste
Directions
- Wash and de-seed avocados. Place into the molcajete and mash to a pulp
- Add lime juice, cilantro, serrano pepper, onion, garlic and tomatoes. Mix well and season with salt and pepper.
- Garnish with cilantro leaves
The results: creamy guacamole ready for use as a dip, on top of a taco salad, in a taco or burrito and more.
Giveaway
In observance of Hispanic Heritage Month (September 15 – October 15), we’ve partnered up with the folks at IMUSA and McCormick Spices to give away a Cuban/Caribbean inspired package of products including: IMUSA Wood Mortar and Pestle, Caldero and Tostonera, & McCormick’s Black Pepper, Garlic Salt, Curry Powder, Paprika, Cinnamon, Oregano, Black Peppercorn Grinder, Chicken Bag ‘n Season, and Black Beans & Rice Mix.
To Enter Leave a comment and tell me what you’d make if you won this set.
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This giveaway will end on Monday, 10/21 at noon Eastern Time. The winner will be chosen at random and contacted around that time. The winner must respond within 48 hours to claim the prize.
Good luck!
Disclosure: I received a gift pack from IMUSA and McCormick Spices. The opinions expressed are my own and I received no further compensation.
