Guacamole

By caligma

Copyright 1999, The Barefoot Contessa Cookbook, All Rights Reserved

Ingredients

• 4 ripe Hass avocados
• 3 tablespoons freshly squeezed lemon juice (1 lemon)
• 8 dashes hot sauce (recommended: Tabasco)
• 1/2 cup small-diced red onion (1 small onion)
• 1 large garlic clove, minced
• 1 teaspoon kosher salt
• 1 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
• 1 medium tomato, seeded, and small-diced

Preparation

Step 1

Cut the avocados in half, remove the pits, and scoop the flesh out of their shells into a large bowl. (I use my hands.) Immediately add the lemon juice, hot sauce, onion, garlic, salt, and pepper and toss well. Using a sharp knife, slice through the avocados in the bowl until they are finely diced. Add the tomatoes. Mix well and taste for salt and pepper.