Pomegranate Pear Guacamole

Serve this guacamole in an oversized martini glass, sprinkled with brilliant red pomegranate seeds for the best appetizer of the holidays.

Course Appetizer

Cuisine Mexican, Southwestern

Keyword guacamole with pomegranate, Pomegranate Pear Guacamole

Prep Time 30

Total Time 30

Servings people

Calories 263kcal

Author Cinde Little

Ingredients

⅓ cup white onion, finely chopped
2 jalapeno chilies*
1 teaspoon coarse salt
4 ripe avocados
2-3 tablespoon lime juice
¾ cup finely diced pear, unpeeled is fine by me (use canned if you must)
¾ cup quartered seedless grapes
½ cup pomegranate seeds

GARNISH

¼ cup pomegranate seeds

Instructions

Puree onion, chiles and salt in a spice grinder or mash to a paste using a mortar and pestle.
Peel avocados. Add to onion mixture and mash coarsely with a fork or potato masher.
Stir in lime juice to taste.
Fold pears, grapes and pomegranate seeds into the avocado.
Pile high in a serving dish and sprinkle with additional pomegranate seeds.
Serve with plain nachos.

Notes

Get the martini glass! Another idea is to cover a pedestal tray with a cloth napkin and set a wide glass bowl filled with guacamole on top of it.

If you don't want to buy fresh jalapenos keep a jar of pickled ones in your fridge. Rinse and cut up 3 or 4 slices to replace 1 fresh jalapeno in any recipe.

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