Avocado Recipes

[Scotty O]

Besides guacamole and on salads and sandwiches, what are some good recipes that call for avocados?

[andiesenji]

Check these Calif avocado commission,

The Monterrey cheesecake, under the Southern Living section is fantastic.

Edited May 27, 2005 by andiesenji (log)

[Della]

Isn't it funny? I saw the topic and thought to myself - there are TONS of things you can do with an avocado. But aside from putting in a sandwich or a salad or w/my mexican food - I guess I don't know of many other ways it is used.

I will guess that there has to be an avocado soup recipe out there somewhere.

I love to spread it on toast w/salt and pepper instead of butter but that isn't a recipe.

I just had it with crab and tarragon last week but that I would count as a salad type meal.

Now I am going to have to start looking into this one!

[bilrus]

THe avacado is what makes this Rick Bayless Shrimp "Ceviche" Cocktail for me.

[Pam R]

Chilled soup.

[petite tête de chou]

You could make an avocado sauce (avocados, whipping cream, water, lemon zest, lemon juice, s/p) to serve with grilled shrimp, chicken breasts or poached salmon.

Add to stuffed eggs with bacon, kind of a new take on "green eggs and ham."

They can be included in a type of fondue (I love fondue!)- avocados, lemon juice, garlic, white wine, Edam cheese, cornstarch, sour cream. I've also added different types of fresh herbs- dill being a favorite. Serve with cubes of bread, red bell peppers and salami.

I love them in omelets, too.

[Jaymes]

Avocados are great to stuff with any kind of salad....especially a seafood salad. A salad of avocado slices, grapefruit slices, red onions and vinaigrette dressing is a favorite in our house.

And sliced avocados always top Mexican seafood cocktails.

They are used in Panama and many other countries as a sweet....especially in a sort of Avocado shake with sugar and cream. And also along the lines of avocados as sweets, in the Caribbean they make an avocado pie that is very, very good. You can google 'recipe avocado pie sugar cream' and 'recipe avocado shake sugar cream' and find more recipes than you can possibly imagine.

Edited May 27, 2005 by Jaymes (log)

[Toliver]

It's sheer decadence on a baked potato, with some butter and salt & pepper.

[M. Lucia]

Avocado Gelato!

[torakris]

I love avocados and eat them weekly, they go wonderfully with Japanese food

A very simple way is to slice them and then drizzle some wasabi-joyu (a mixture of wasabi and soy sauce) over them.

They are also great in donburi dishes, donburis are bowls of rice topped with basically anything your heart desires (or whatever is in your refrigerator ).

Here is one example

this was seared katsuo (bonito) with avocado and a mixture of daikon and kaiware (daikon sprouts)

here is another one

this is minced maguro (tuna-raw) with avocado, mizuna and topped with sriracha, underneath is black rice

Yesterday I taught a cooking class and one of the menu items was a Thai style salad with avocado and grapefruit in a simple nampla-lime-sugar sauce, fresh sliced chiles and cilantro were on the table to add as well. The majority of tis class hates cilantro and a couple have problems with spicy foods.....

[godito]

Chilled soup.

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Yeah! when I was working at Wish under Chef Reidt, he used to make a fantastic Avocado Vichyssoise. And although he no longer works there, I was able to find his recipe here

Also, when working at Agua, in Santiago de Chile, we had an Avocado Relish, which was more of an avocado salad with roasted corn and bell peppers (peeled) and red onions with cilantro, balsamic vinegar, lime juice and olive oil. I might be forgetting some ingredients, but that was the basic idea. In any caso those are two of my favorite preparations.

[jeniac42]

One of the best things I've ever had is an avocado smoothie bubble tea drink. I have no clue how to make it but MAN was it tasty.

[andiesenji]

If you check on the site I posted earlier Here

there are a lot of unusual recipes.

This is just the celebrity chefs section.

Look how many there are here, under the "entrees" section

entrees

[Luckylies]

make a light beer batter and deep fry some slices..sounds gross gross but is good dipped in some lemon juice (or something else acidic) with a little black pepper.

[LindaK]

Before they were FTV celebs, Susan Feniger and Mary Sue Milliken published a recipe in their cookbook City Cuisine for an Avocado-Goat Cheese spread/dip. Basically the two thinned with some lemon juice, evoo, and a few dashes of tabasco. I haven't made it for quite some time but remember it being quite tasty.

[ludja]

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Yesterday I taught a cooking class and one of the menu items was a Thai style salad with avocado and grapefruit in a simple nampla-lime-sugar sauce, fresh sliced chiles and cilantro were on the table to add as well. The majority of tis class hates cilantro and a couple have problems with spicy foods.....

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This sounds great. I've also made a "non-Asian" inspired version of this salad using grapefruit, curly endive and avocado in a citrus vinagrette.

This is inspired from Chez Panisse Vegetables, which also has a great Green Goddess Dressing recipe using avocado, anchovy, green herbs, shallots, citrus, olive oil, vinegar, etc.

I also agree that avocados are great with eggs-- not cooked, but folded in at the last minute in big chunks. My favorite is just cooked scrambled eggs, with brown butter and avocado folded in just after removing from the heat.

[SobaAddict70]

I love them in a shake made with crushed ice, milk and sugar.

Try it, you'll like it.

If you're feeling REALLY decadent, then add condensed milk, dulce de leche and/or heavy cream.

Soba

[scott123]

I'm a sucker for the typical Japanese restaurant avocado salad with ginger dressing.

[vinelady]

I have done a thai green curry with Avacado.

[elrap]

I like to make a green goddess variant salad dressing. I call it Earth Goddess dressing. It's like a ranch dressing with Avocado and a ton of fresh basil. Roughly speaking, I process: half an avocado, some sour cream or plain yogurt, a little bit of squished anchovy, some lemon juice, maybe a third of a cup of packed basil. I might add a little garlic and I think I add Rose's lime juice in small amounts if it needs a little sweetness. Salt, black pepper, and at the very end about 1 T of EVOO. Good on chopped salads if you keep it thin, and a reasonable dip for fresh vegetables if you leave it thick.

But I think the coolest thing I've seen done with an avocado was to make pasta. Some friends used it in place of egg yolk and it came out beautifully, with a lovely pale green color. Don't have a recipe but I believe there was no egg at all so if it were me I'd just start with a half a mashed avocado and maybe just a tsp or two of water, adding flour until it feels right!

Good luck,

--L. Rap

[Kent Wang]

Try a "deviled" avocado with crab meat. This is really decadent, especially considering the size.

Dropped an egg yolk into the avocado and baked. The textures complement well. What I've noticed, though, is that avocado doesn't change much when cooked whole. You have to break it up into much smaller chunks and then it'll become softer when cooked.

[Cookwithlove]

Avocado Gelato!

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Have you try this recipe?

[Cookwithlove]

I love avocados and eat them weekly, they go wonderfully with Japanese food

A very simple way is to slice them and then drizzle some wasabi-joyu (a mixture of wasabi and soy sauce) over them.

They are also great in donburi dishes, donburis are bowls of rice topped with basically anything your heart desires (or whatever is in your refrigerator ).

Here is one example

this was seared katsuo (bonito) with avocado and a mixture of daikon and kaiware (daikon sprouts)

here is another one

this is minced maguro (tuna-raw) with avocado, mizuna and topped with sriracha, underneath is black rice

Yesterday I taught a cooking class and one of the menu items was a Thai style salad with avocado and grapefruit in a simple nampla-lime-sugar sauce, fresh sliced chiles and cilantro were on the table to add as well. The majority of tis class hates cilantro and a couple have problems with spicy foods.....

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Kristin,

What is Sriracha and the black rice what is the japanese name and how you cook it? Thanks

Thanks

Edited February 4, 2007 by Cookwithlove (log)

[PaniniGuy]

I served some last week as part of a tapas theme - pretty simple preparation:

cut avocados in half and remove pit

mix about a tbsp of fruity Spanish evoo with a splash of good red wine vinegar (sherry could work), a pinch of dried hot pepper and some sea salt

pour the vinaigrette into the cavities where the pits were

broil for about five minutes and serve immediately.

Easy as can be yet a unique texture and taste for those who've never had a hot avocado.

[baroness]

At the Asian market today, I happened upon bags of 5 large, beautiful avocados (from Chile) for 2.99. I couldn't resist. They aren't quite ripe yet. Ideas for a variety of avocado dishes are welcome!