Salads

Avocado Spread

Name: Avocado Spread
Total time: 5 min
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: Israeli
Ingredients: 2 avocadoes ripe; 2 tbsp lemon juice; 1 clove garlic crushed; ½ tsp salt

Ripe avocado mashed with a fork with lemon juice, garlic and salt, sometimes with olive oil and cumin, chunky or creamy; served in a bowl with parsley, or spread on toast.

⏱ 5 min

⚖ Pareve 🥬 Vegetarian 🌱 Vegan 🌾 Gluten-free

👨‍🍳 Method

1
Halve the avocado, remove the pit and scoop the flesh into a bowl with a spoon.
KnifeBowl
2
Mash the avocado with a fork to a coarse texture.
Fork
3
Add the lemon juice, garlic and salt and mix well.
💡Avocado flesh darkens in the air, and lemon juice slows it down. Store in the fridge with plastic wrap pressed right against the spread.
4
Transfer to a serving bowl.
Serving bowl

163calories

2 gprotein

3 gcarbs

15 gfat

● protein 6%● carbs 7%● fat 88%

Per serving (110 g), of 4 servings

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⚖ About the ingredients

Avocado: measured in pieces: one ≈ 200 g · 160 kcal per 100 g · More about Avocado →
Lemon juice: measured in tbsp in this recipe: 1 tbsp = 15 g · 21 kcal per 100 g · More about Lemon juice →
Garlic: measured in pieces: one ≈ 5 g · 149 kcal per 100 g · More about Garlic →
Salt: measured in tsp in this recipe: 1 tsp = 6 g · 0 kcal per 100 g · More about Salt →

🔧 Tools needed (3)

Knife · Also works: Food processor (Fast, less control over size) · Kitchen shears (For herbs/dough)
Bowl · Also works: Pot (None)
Serving bowl · Also works: Bowl (None)

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⚙️ What you can change

Possible additions: Lemon juice · Lime juice · garlic · Olive oil in the spread · Cumin · Crumbled feta cheese · Grated lemon zest · Grated red pepper for garnish · Cherry tomatoes for garnish · Basil for garnish · Corn chips around it · Chopped tomatoes · Chopped onion · Cilantro · Chili pepper · Cayenne pepper · Serving (immediately with nachos) · On toast · Olive oil on top · Hot paprika on top · Parsley on top
Texture: coarse