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	AVOCADO OIL RECIPES
- Drizzle it over a fresh mozzarella and tomato salad. Season with sea salt, freshly ground black pepper and a few squirts of lemon. You could also add some plump Spanish or Italian green olives to this. Basil, lemon and lime basil will also add an extra complementary flavour. - Make a New World gazpacho with avocado oil in place of olive oil and garnish the chilled soup with finely diced avocado carefully tossed with avocado oil, chopped fresh red chilli and chopped coriander. - Make a bulky gazpacho (use very little liquid) and strew the top with garlicky prawns seared in avocado oil. - Sear fresh scallops in very hot avocado oil, grind over some black pepper and sprinkle with chopped coriander. - Drizzle over a salad of cos lettuce, goats' cheese, snipped chives, lemon or lime segments and serve with crispy chunks of garlic or walnut bread. - Make a tapas of fat green Spanish olives with a few strips of orange peel, a few cloves of smashed garlic, a sprig of oregano or marjoram and freshly ground black pepper and drizzle with avocado oil. - Drizzle it over cooked seafood, mixing in crushed garlic and chopped Italian parsley, or crushed garlic and a little finely chopped fresh red chilli. - Mix it with ground pink peppercorns and drizzle it over salmon steaks before grilling them. - Marinate seafood in avocado oil and lemon zest and juice, salt and pepper, before pan-frying, grilling or barbecuing. - Use it in a fruity smoked chicken salad that includes cubed rock or honeydew melon. - Dress fresh steamed artichokes with avocado oil mixed with lemon juice, salt, pepper, crushed garlic and crushed mint leaves.
GUACAMOLE
2 medium size Hass avocados 2 Tablespoons finely grated onion Sea salt + fresh ground pepper Carpa Gourmet avocado/olive oil Freshly squeezed lemon juice 1 clove of garlic, pureed Carpa Gourmet Merken (optional) Fresh minced cilantro Chopped fresh tomatoes Peel and seed avocados Blend onion, garlic with fork Add Carpa Gourmet avocado/olive oil blend Other ingredients to be added at this time Cover closely with plastic and refrigerate until serving time.
HOUSE VINAIGRETTES For Green Salads (Tossed) Ceasar, Mimosa, Curly endives
3 Parts of pure Olive Oil 2 Parts of pure Avocado Oil 1 Part Vinegar (or lemon) ¼ Tablespoon of salt Freshly ground pepper
RASPBERRY GLAZE Makes cakes, charlottes and red fruits shimmer or glitter
1 cup of Carpa Gourmet Raspberry Jam 3 Tablespoons of Sugar 1 or 2 Tablespoons of Rum (optional) Blend it in a saucepan with sugar (and rum if used) Bring it to the boil, stirring. Boil several minutes until the last drops to fall from tip of spoon are thick and sticky. Use while warm or re warm it. Can be stored, no need for refrigeration
HOUSE SAUCE FOR FISH (or pizza or chicken breast)
1 Medium Onion Sliced 3 Tablespoons of Carpa Gourmet Virgin Olive Oil 1 Medium Green Bell Pepper, sliced 1 Medium Red Bell Pepper, sliced 1/2 Medium Yellow Bell Pepper 1 large clove of garlic, pureed Freshly ground pepper, pinch of salt 1/4 Tablespoon Carpa Gourmet Merken Sauté onion slowly in frying pan with olive oil When tender and translucent add pepper and garlic All the other ingredients and sauté for 3 minutes Toss all the time