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Avocados

A buttery fruit from Mexico, where it's been eaten for thousands of years.

buttery · grassy

What to do with it

Classics built on it
MexicanGuacamoleRipe avocado crushed with lime, onion, green chilli, coriander and salt — rough, fresh and made just before eating.No one here has made it yet

Kinds

Hass
Dark, pebbly skin; creamy and rich.
Fuerte and green-skinned kinds
Smoother, lighter, less oily.

Goes with

limecorianderchillisalt

Knowing it

Where to buy
Buy firm and ripen at home in a bowl; it's ready when it yields to gentle pressure.
A little history
The word comes from the Nahuatl ahuacatl; guacamole from ahuacamolli, avocado sauce.

Kitchens that keep it in

MexicoMexicanMaize, chillies and fire: a cooking thousands of years deep, built on nixtamalised corn, a whole spectrum of dried chillies, and salsas at every meal.11 classics

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