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Guacamole
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Recipe by: Abigail Donnelly
Serves: 4
Dietary considerations: Fat conscious / Health conscious / Dairy free
Category: Vegetarian / Easy / Great value
Prep time: 20 minutes
Cooking time: 5 minutes
Ingredients:
1 t cumin seeds
1 chilli, chopped
½ red onion, chopped
2 cloves garlic
2 spring onions, sliced
3 avocados, peeled and stoned
2 limes, juiced
½ cup coriander, chopped
Sea salt and freshly ground black pepper, to taste
Olive oil to drizzle
1 Farm loaf, thickly sliced
Cooking instructions:

Place the cumin, chilli, red onion, garlic and spring onion in a mortar and pestle and lightly bash together.

Add the avocado and bash to a chunky mixture. Stir in the lime juice, coriander and salt and pepper.

Heat a little olive oil in a pan and pan-fry the bread until golden and crispy.

Spread the guacamole onto the bread.

Wine: Nederburg Winemaster's Reserve Sauvignon Blanc 2011


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