Avocado Vinaigrette

Total Time: 5 mins Preparation Time: 5 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 1/2 cup olive oil
• 2 tablespoons wine vinegar
• 1 teaspoon dijon mustard
• salt, to taste
• fresh ground black pepper, to taste
• 2 firm ripe avocados
• 1 tablespoon lemon juice
• toasted bread, buttered and cut into triangles, to serve

Recipe

• 1 the vinaigrette: to make the vinaigrette, combine the olive oil, wine vinegar, dijon mustard and salt and pepper to taste in a screw top jar, and shake well to combine. taste and adjust the seasoning, to taste.
• 2 the avocado: cut the avocados in half lengthways and gently twist the halves to separate. to remove the seed, insert a sharp knife into it, then twist and lift out.
• 3 brush the surfaces with lemon juice and place the avocado halves on 4 serving plates, shake the dressing again and drizzle it evenly over the avocado halves.
• 4 serve with buttered toast triangles (more traditional) or warm crusty rolls.
• 5 notes: an avocado is ripe if it feels a little soft when held in your hand. to help ripen an avocado, put it in a paper bag with a ripe banana or apple and store in an airy spot. you can now buy avocados that don't discolour when cut, but are they, i wonder, genetically modified?