Ingredients
1 small onion, finely chopped
2 green chillies, finely chopped (serranos if you can get them)
The flesh of 5-6 Hass avocados
4 ripe plums, stones removed and finely diced
A handful of black seedless grapes, halved
The juice of a lime
Tomatoes are certainly not the only fruit when it comes to making an authentic guacamole. Especially not if you live in Britain and are used to getting the under-ripe, tasteless ones we get in the winter. Gladly in Mexico, other fruits can be used just as well in place of tomatoes and, in the case of pomegranate seeds, much more dramatically. This is a guacamole full of anti-oxidants so great for a healthy pack lunch and beautiful enough to serve for a dinner-party. Try it whilst sipping a glass of good tequila.
- The easiest way to make guacamole is in a large, heavy pestle and mortar or, in Mexico, a molcajete. Put the chillies and onion into the bottom of the pestle and crush to a paste with a couple of teaspoons of salt. Stir in the avocado flesh, plums and half the grapes. Season to taste with the lime juice. Serve at room temperature decorated with the remaining grapes, with tortilla chips or pork scratchings
