Avocado is a fruit obtained from the tree with same name i.e. Avocado tree. The botanical name of avocado tree is ‘Persea americana’ and it belongs to the family of cinnamon and camphor plants. Avocado ... More »
In a large skillet cook meat, onion, and garlic until meat is brown, stirring to break up pieces.
Drain off fat.
Stir in beans.
Arrange tortilla chips on two 12-inch ovenproof platters.
Add layers of meat mixture, olives, and chili peppers.
Sprinkle with ..
Core tomatoes, then cut each into 6 equal-size wedges.
Pit, peel, and quarter each avocado; set 2 quarters aside.
On a platter, arrange tomatoes, basil leaves, and remaining avocado quarters.
In a blender or food processor, whirl reserved avocado quarters, ..
In a small bowl, combine chiles, cilantro, onions, tomatoes, oil, and vinegar.
If made ahead, cover and refrigerate until next day.
Pit, peel, and quarter avocados; drizzle all over with lemon juice.
Set bowl of salsa in center of a large platter and arrange ..
Peel avocados.
Remove pits and dice flesh.
In a blender, combine lime juice and icing sugar.
Blend for 30 seconds.
Add avocado and blend until smooth.
Pour into a large bowl.
Beat the cream until soft peaks form.
Fold cream gently into the avocado ..
In large bowl dissolve gelatin in boiling water.
Stir in grapefruit carbonated beverage.
Chill till partially set (consistency of unbeaten egg whites).
Fold in avocados and grapefruit.
Pour into 6 1/2-cup ring mold.
Chill for several hours or overnight or ..
Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
Choose the largest, thick-skinned avocados - one for each person.
They should be "just ripe" and just yield to thumb pressure.
Cut each one in half.
Scoop out pulp and save one of the halves from each for the salad.
Dice the other ..
Halve and pit avocados.
With a small, sharp knife, score avocado flesh lengthwise and crosswise just to shells not through them, making cuts about 1/2 inch apart.
Mix Parmesan cheese, shrimp, and dressing; mound mixture into cavities of avocados.
Arrange ..
Drain pineapple, reserving syrup.
Combine gelatin, sugar, and dash salt.
Heat syrup and 1/2 cup water to boiling; add to gelatin mixture and stir till gelatin and sugar are dissolved.
Stir in lime peel and juice.
Chill till partially set.
Combine pineapple ..
Dissolve gelatin in 1 cup boiling water.
Chill till partially set; whip till fluffy.
Stir in mayonnaise, lemon juice, and salt.
Fold in avocado and whipped cream.
Pour into 5 1/2 cup ring mold or six to eight 3 1/2cup ring molds.
Chill till firm.
Unmold on ..
Spread hazelnuts in a 9- or 10-inch-wide baking pan.
Toast in a 350° oven until lightly browned beneath skins, about 15 minutes.
Let cool slightly; pour onto a clean towel, fold towel to enclose nuts, and rub briskly between your hands to remove as much of ..
1. Melt butter for 40 seconds on high.
2. Add flour and cook for 1 minute on high.
3. Stir in milk. Cook 3-4 minutes on high,until sauce boils.
4. Stir in sour cream.
5. Blend sauce with avocado until smooth.
6. Dissolve gelatine in water and cook for 20 ..
Bring water and 1 tablespoon salt to boiling.
Add shrimp; return to boiling.
Reduce heat and simmer for 1 to 3 minutes or till shrimp turn pink.
Drain.
For marinade, combine oil, 1/2 cup lemon or lime juice, vinegar, chives, capers, 1 teaspoon salt, dillweed, ..
Dissolve jello in water and lemon juice.
Chill until it begins to congeal.
Add beets, horseradish, and salt.
Pour into an oiled ring mold and chill until firm.
Turn out on lettuce.
Fill with Roquefort cheese dressing and surround with halved avocados filled ..
In a small mixing bowl stir together the refried beans, chili peppers, and hot pepper sauce.
Spread bean mixture on a platter making a layer about 1/4 inch thick.
Then spread the sour cream in a layer atop the beans; spread a layer of salsa atop the sour ..
Cut the avocado in half, and, with a teaspoon, remove the seed and any brown tissuelike fibers clinging to the flesh.
Remove the skin by stripping it off with your fingers, starting at the narrow, or stem, end (the dark-skinned variety does not peel as ..