If you're looking for a new way to incorporate avocados into your life, you can mix mashed up avocados with butter and other ingredients to make a tasty alternative butter.It works great for sandwiches, toast, crackers, dipping and as an overall spread.You just need to find ripe avocados and mix them with butter and seasonings.
Step 1: There are two small, ripe avocados you can buy.
Search for supermarkets, farmers markets, and fruit stands.It's a good idea to look for avocados that are uniformly brown.Check out the qualities to determine whether an avocados is ripe.If the avocados are green at all, they probably aren't ripe.Even when they are ripe, Florida avocados have green skin with a greenish tone.To test the firmness of theavocado, gently squeeze it.Don't try to squeeze the fruit very hard with your hands.The pressure of your thumb and other fingers makes a ripe avocados soft.Under-ripe and overripe avocados will be different in appearance.Pick away the circular portion of the stem with your fingernails.You can see a small hole in the skin through this picture.The meat is either ripe or ripening if it is green.If the inside is brown, black, or any other color, it's either overripe or moldy.
Step 2: Purchase ripe, ready-to- eat avocados if you are going to make butter from them.
Purchase ripe, firm avocados if you want to use them in a few days.For up to 5 days, store un ripe avocados in a paper bag at room temperature between 65 and 75 degrees Fahrenheit (18.33 and 23.88 degrees Celsius).You can slow the ripening process by storing your avocados in a refrigerator.The ripe or soft avocados should not be refrigerated.Ripe fruit can be kept refrigerated for at least two more days.
Step 3: The fresh lemon juice should be used.
The primary function of the citric acid is to preserve the butter so that it will last longer.The citric acid prevents the butter from turning brown.The butter will go brown if you don't add lemon juice.If you don't have access to lemons, you can use any of the other concentrated juices.The more sour the fruit, the more citric acid it has.Pre-bottled lemon or lime juice could be used.Do not use juice that has been sweetened, pasteurized, or infused with chemicals.Use only the concentrate.
Step 4: The butter should be used at room temperature.
You can use either margarine or olive oil.Room temperature butter is more spreadable than cold butter.It's easier to mix room temperature butter with avocado butter.If you have butter in the fridge, move it to room temperature and let it thaw before you use it.If you don't want to use butter, you can simply add all of the other ingredients.Your butter-less "avocado butter" won't have the same texture as its butter counterpart, but you'll be able to use it in any situation.
Step 5: You can choose the seasonings.
Everything else that is added to the recipe is a matter of taste.Adding one clove of garlic, one dash of fresh-chopped cilantro, two dashes of cumin, and salt and pepper will make it taste better.If you want to use more complex seasonings for a spicier butter, feel free to.Try different combinations to figure out what you like.
Step 6: The fruit should be washed before it is prepared.
Make sure that you wash the avocados thoroughly.It's important that you wash your produce before you eat it, even if you grew it yourself or found it on the sidewalk.The avocados should be dry with a clean towel.
Step 7: Take the fruit out.
If you want to cut around the avocados, use a sharp knife.Place it on a cutting board and start slicing.You have to cut around the entire avocados with the help of the knife.If you want to open the fruit, hold the two halves of theavocado and twist them in opposite directions.
Step 8: Take the fruit and put it in a Pit.
Place half of the avocados on a cutting board and use a sharp knife.Thwack the knife into the pit so that it won't move.To remove the pit from the fruit, twist the knife and attached pit.You can put the knife pit into a garbage can or compost bin.When using a knife, be careful.You can remove the put with a spoon if you don't want to use a knife.If you use a spoon, try to wedge your tool beneath the seed and separate it from the surrounding meat so that you can scoop out the pit.
Step 9: Cut your fruit.
Cut the avocados in half again to make 4 wedges.The green flesh of the fruit should be pulled away from the dark outer skin.If you want to peel the fruit, you have to slide your thumb in between the skin and meat.You don't need to peel the avocados if you slice them open and scoop out the meat with a spoon.Many people prefer to peel off the skin of the avocados in order to retain the dark green meat closest to the outer skin.There is a tough area where the stem meets the fruit.You might find it later if you don't remove it now.
Step 10: The other ingredients should be mashed with the avocados.
You can either grind the fruit in a food processor or hand-mash it.Either way, make sure there are no large chunks left.If you are using a mortar and pestle, use a fork.The easier it is to mash, the first thing you should do is chop the avocados.The mixture should be smooth.If you are using a food processor, add all of the ingredients and close the lid.Process until there are no large chunks left.If you're making a lot of butter, you should use this method.
Step 11: You can eat the butter.
If you eat the butter after you prepare it, it will be fresh.If you want it to be cold, consider refrigerating it for a few hours in a covered bowl or wrapped in paper.Consider the following ways to eat avowal butter.You can spread it thickly onto bread, English muffins, tortillas, anything you want..You can use a lot of the butter or spread it thinly on the bread.The more butter you use to make your butter, the less you can eat in one sitting..A great salad dressing can be made from this treat.Either serve it on the side or toss it into the mix..Spread chips or crackers on deviled eggs, dip french fries into it, or eat straight.
Step 12: The butter should be left in the fridge.
You want to keep the butter in a container.You can put a layer of plastic wrap on top of the butter to keep it green.The butter should be kept in the fridge or freezer for three days or a week.
Step 13: It's a good idea to add citric acid to the recipe before storing.
If not protected with concentrated lemon, lime, orange, or grapefruit juice, the avocados will start to brown within a few hours.You may impair the taste if you add more than a few drops.