Recipe: Guacamole (with salad dressing variation, Cuisinart food processor recipe)

GUACAMOLE

"Use this smooth, thick avocado dip as an appetizer with tortilla chips or vegetables. Or add sour cream for an unusual salad dressing."

1/2 cup tightly packed fresh parsley leaves
2 medium garlic cloves, peeled
1 medium fresh green chili, trimmed, seeded, deveined and cut into 3 pieces (or 1 tablespoon canned green chilies)
Juice of I lemon (about 3 tablespoons)
3 medium avocados (1 3/4 pounds), halved, pitted, peeled, cut in chunks
1/4 teaspoon chili powder
Salt to taste
1 medium tomato (5 ounces), seeded and quartered (optional)

Insert metal blade and turn on machine. While machine is running, drop parsley, garlic and chili through feed tube and process until minced, about 10 seconds. Use spatula to scrape bowl.

Add lemon juice and process for 3 seconds.

Add avocados, chili power and salt to taste. Process until smooth, about 1 minute, stopping to scrape bowl as necessary.

If using tomato, add to bowl and pulse-chop about 6 times, until coarsely chopped.

VARIATION:

AVOCADO SALAD DRESSING:
Or add 1 1/2 cups sour cream for an unusual salad dressing.

Makes about 2 cups without tomato, 2 1/2 cups with tomato.
Source: Cuisinart Food Processor Manual, DLC-5 Series