Thursday, January 26, 2012

Guacamole

Andy and I went to a work party of mine last Saturday night.  It was held on the intimate, tiny-white-lights-strung back garden patio of The Mission, a very nice restaurant in Scottsdale that serves "modern Latin cuisine".  
The food was SO good.  
The servers kept a steady flow of drinks (me: water, Andy: ginger ale), chips (the best I've ever had), salsa (yum), and guacamole (holy MOLE!)... 
The guac was amazing.  I decided to re-create it tonight.






The Mission Guacamole
3 ripe avacadoes
1 jalepeno, chopped
2 tsp minced garlic
2 Tbl chopped red onion
1/2 tsp Chili powder
1 tsp olive oil
coarse sea salt
ground pepper
chopped cilantro (I did not have this on hand...still good without)
1 lime
Queso blanco

Cut up avacadoes into chunks; place in bowl, along with the next 8 ingredients.  Cut lime in half and juice both (I used a little less than half of the second half) into bowl.  Mash and stir until guac reaches consistency to your liking.  Taste.  Add more salt to taste if it needs it.  [The Mission also had chopped tomatoes in their guac, as well as chipotle paste.  I didn't have any on hand.]

Top with crumbled queso blanco.  Enjoy!  (how do you say that in Spanish?)

2 comments:

  1. Made this for faithgroup tonight Em! Yummmmmmm thanks!!!

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  2. Courtney, I'm so glad you tried it and liked it! Love you!

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