Avocados, recipes from which are simple and original, worthy of special attention of each cook. These fruits are added to various salads, sauces and cocktails. Excellent taste can be emphasized with all sorts of vegetables or spices, and to determine what combination avocado is also not difficult - with almost any ingredients.
How to choose the right avocado?
On the shelves of shops you can meet avocados of different varieties, these are fruits of green color, with a smooth or slightly wrinkled skin. Buying it for the first time - you always take risks and can buy an underserved or over-ridden. If you do not know how to choose a ripe avocado in a store, pay attention to the softness and color:
- When you press it, the surface should bend and immediately return to its original appearance. If the dent remains, then buy this avocado is not worth it - most likely it is overripe and will be rotten inside.
- Pay attention to the color. The darker the fruit, the softer the flesh will be inside.
- In a ripe avocado, if you shave it, you can hear the knocking inside the bone. If there is no knock, the avocado is green.
Avocado Dishes
Exotic fruits have become universally available relatively recently, and therefore the question of how they are, has not lost its relevance. Recipes for cooking avocados to insanity are simple, because the neutral taste of the product is combined with many components.
- Ripe and ripe fruits are used for making sauces, pastas, pates.
- Smoothies of avocados, which recipes are extremely simple, can be supplemented with all sorts of fruits, vegetables or yogurt.
- Due to the fat content and viscosity of the pulp, delicious raw desserts are obtained, which will appeal not only to the followers of the raw food lifestyle.
- Pieces of fruit can be stuffed with chicken breasts, chops or meatballs.
- Sandwiches consisting of a slice of crispy bread, slices of avocado and any other products: from eggs to slightly salted fish, will be perfectly sated in the morning.
Avocado sauce
Guacamole from avocado is a simple sauce, which is usually served with corn tortillas and vegetables. You can prepare its classic variation without a recipe: stretch the avocado pulp with lime juice, salt, pepper and it's ready. By adding garlic and onion to the avocado pasta, the taste of the dish will become more vivid and rich.
Ingredients:
- garlic - 3 cloves;
- Avocado ripe, soft - 3 pcs .;
- coriander - 50 g;
- lime juice - 50 ml;
- sweet onions - 50 g.
Preparation
- In the stupa, knead the garlic in a paste with a pinch of salt.
- Chop the onions finely, but do not turn them into mashed potatoes.
- Grind coriander.
- Stir the avocado pulp with a fork and mix with garlic and greens.
- Pour lime juice and season.
Salad with avocado and chicken
Avocado has a light nutty taste and perfectly complements any other products. There are a lot of avocado options, but often it can be found in cold multicolored snacks, and the most successful recipe is a salad with avocado and smoked chicken, supplemented with other savory and rich ingredients.
Ingredients:
- bacon - 4 stripes;
- smoked breast - 250 g;
- romano salad - 2 heads;
- cucumber - 200 g;
- tomato - 100 g;
- cheddar - 100 g;
- greens onions and basil leaves;
- avocado - 155 g.
Refueling:
- lemon juice - 100 ml;
- mustard is not sharp - 20 g;
- olive oil - 50 ml.
Preparation
- Chicken cut into cubes
- Bacon fry until crunchy.
- Chop the salad and mix with greens, fillets, crumbs of bacon, chopped tomatoes and cucumbers, toss the cubes of avocado pulp.
- Add the grated cheese.
- Mix the butter, lemon juice and mustard, pour the salad and mix.
Pasta from avocado
Adding to the neutral taste of the avocado a variety of dried spices, such as cumin, cayenne pepper and dried onion with garlic can be made an excellent addition to the toasted toast. Such a pasta of avocado for sandwiches can be completely homogeneous like a souffle, without extra pieces. Still it can be served as an original topping for chips or slices of vegetables.
Ingredients:
- Avocado ripe and soft - 2 pcs .;
- cumin - 20 g;
- Dried garlic, onion, cayenne pepper - 10 g;
- coriander - 40 g;
- lime juice - 30 ml.
Preparation
- Separate the flesh of the avocado from the peel, cut not large.
- Put the pieces in the blender, throw the spices, chopped greens and lime juice.
- Whisk everything to a consistency of a liquid puree and serve with chips or vegetables.
Appetizer of avocado
Often small snack baskets are filled with multi-parted salad dressings or cheese pasta, but if you make a treat with avocado, then these recipes will certainly become your favorites. In advance bake sandbaskets and start making stuffing. Snack with avocado in tartlets is served immediately.
Ingredients:
- banana green - 1 piece;
- Pulp of pineapple - 100 g;
- mango - 1 piece;
- chili pepper - 1 pod;
- avocado - 150 g;
- garlic - 3 teeth;
- coriander, parsley - 50 g each;
- lime;
- salt.
Preparation
- Chili, greens and garlic, pour in a blender until smooth.
- Peeled banana, slices of the pulp of mango, pineapple and avocado punch, not leading the mass to mashed potatoes, let the small pieces remain.
- Connect all the components.
- Add lime juice and salt, mix.
- The resulting mass fill the tartlets and serve.
Avocado pâté
Avocados, whose simple recipes can be included in the daily menu, can become the basis of snacks, which will play the role of filling for tarts or sandwich filling . If you do not know how to prepare a delicious avocado, experiment boldly! This pate will become a favorite dish, which you will often cook on the occasion of a celebration or just for a useful snack.
Ingredients:
- avocados - 1 piece;
- fennel - 1 pc .;
- chili - 1 stitch;
- onion - 1 piece;
- garlic - 4 teeth;
- cilantro;
- lime;
- salt.
Preparation
- Separate the flesh of the avocado from the peel and bones, chop not large.
- Flesh avocado, fennel, chili pod without seeds, peeled onions, garlic and herbs punch in a blender until smooth.
- Pour in the juice of the lime halves, mix or pour again with a blender.
- Store in a sealed container in the refrigerator.
Smoothies with avocado
For those who do not really like to cook breakfast or adhere to proper nutrition, this recipe will come in handy. The dish is cooked in two counts, and the taste is not boring, after all, the treat can be confidently supplemented with your favorite products, from oatmeal to fruit. This smoothie with avocado and banana will charge vivacity and energy for a long time.
Ingredients:
- unsweetened yogurt - 250 ml;
- avocado ripe - 1 piece;
- banana - 2 pieces.
Preparation
- Avocado peel, remove the stone and cut into small pieces.
- Banana peel and cut as comfortable.
- Move the pieces into the blender bowl and grind.
- Pour in the yogurt and beat again.
Soup of avocado
To diversify the daily diet with new saturated dishes, especially adhering to proper nutrition , is not easy, but avocados, whose recipes are simple and without trouble, will help to cope with this task. Make a full dinner, without harm to the waist, you can make a very tasty and spicy soup-puree from avocado.
Ingredients :
- avocados - 1 piece;
- broth from a chicken breast - 0,5 l;
- potatoes - 150 g;
- lemon juice - 100 ml;
- dill - 50 gr.
Preparation
- Dice the chopped potatoes into the boiling broth, cook for 20 minutes.
- Avocado to separate from the peel and remove the stone, cut, add lemon juice and if necessary add a little water.
- Avocado with water and juice punch in a blender until smooth.
- Add chopped greens to the bowl of broth and finished potatoes, and pierce it with a submerged blender.
- Mix both kinds of mashed potatoes, mix and cook for a couple of minutes.
Sandwiches with avocado
A perfect addition to the cocktail table will be toast with avocado. Such an appetizer will not go unnoticed, because sandwiches look original, and the bright and rich flavor of filling is simply extraordinary. If you have not decided on what you can cook from an avocado, try this recipe in the case.
Ingredients:
- white or rye bread;
- avocados - 1 piece;
- garlic - 1 tooth;
- olive oil - a few drops;
- salmon slightly salted - 100 g;
- arugula - 2 branches;
- lemon or lime juice;
- salt, black pepper.
Preparation
- Clear the avocado, rid of the stone and stretch the flesh with a fork.
- Add to the mass of the garlic, sprinkled, peppered through the press.
- Pour a few drops of butter and citrus juice, mix.
- This mass is spread on slices of bread, a piece of fish is put on top, a sprig of arugula is served and served.