Preparing avocado dishes
Avocado is considered a snack fruit. It is not eaten like oranges or bananas because avocados contain about 30% polyunsaturated fat. The Aztecs began to cultivate this fruit as early as the 3rd century BC, they called the avocado "forest oil". When the Spaniards sailed to South America, they called this fruit "alligator pear" because of its wrinkled skin and shape. Read the article: benefits and harms of avocado for the human body!
The use of avocados in cooking
Due to the high fat content of avocados, they are used in cooking to make sauces and salads. Avocados are widely used in Spanish, Cuban and Mexican cuisine. The most famous sauce made with avocado is guacamole.
To prepare it you will need:
- avocado fruit;
- lemon juice;
- cilantro;
- garlic;
Avocado oxidizes quickly in air, so it must be sprinkled with lemon juice or another acid is added to it. The sliced avocado is placed in a mixer and whipped until puree. Then add cilantro and garlic to the puree, as well as salt and pepper to taste. These ingredients are also crushed. Guacamole is ready. You can add any spices to this sauce, for example, chili. It is customary to eat hot sauce together with bouffant chips - a national Mexican snack.
Making an avocado salad
Avocados are also used in salads.
Avocados for salad making should be ripe, there should be no brown spots on the fruit. To pick a good avocado, press down on it with your finger. The skin must be firm and quickly regain its original shape.
The taste of this fruit goes well with shrimp. Capers are also added to the salad. Their brine neutralizes unpleasant notes in the avocado flavor. Sprinkle the salad with lemon juice.
The main color accent in the salad will be baked bell pepper. In order to cook it, the oven is heated to the highest possible temperature. The baked peppers are peeled and cut into thin strips.
The salad is stirred and seasoned with olive oil and lemon juice.
Remember the three basic principles of making avocado dishes:
- you can buy unripe fruit if you are going to prepare a dish in a few days;
- always add lemon juice to avocado;
- avocado goes well with seafood.
All exotic fruits are imported to our country unripe, so avocados can be wrapped in newspaper or opaque paper and left in a warm room for three days. By the holiday date, the fruit will ripen and be ready to eat.