CHILEAN FRUIT SALSA
MAKES 8 SERVINGS
Description
Take advantage of the winter bounty of fruits from Chile (it’s summer down there) and combine Chilean Hass Avocados with peaches and grapes. Use firm-ripe avocados so you’ll have individual avocado chunks for salsa, or select soft-ripe avocados and mash them a bit to create a fruited guacamole. Serve either version with fresh vegetable dippers, toasted pita chips, vegetable chips or over grilled fish, chicken or burgers. The salsa/guacamole also makes a nice centerpiece for a fruit plate.
Ingredients
- 2 Chilean Hass Avocados
- 1 Peach, peeled and diced
- 1 cup Red or Green Seedless Grapes, rinsed and halved
- 1/4 cup Fresh Mint, chopped
- 2 to 3 tablespoons Lime or Lemon Juice
- 1/2 teaspoon Salt
- Dash Hot Pepper Sauce or Cayenne Pepper
Instructions
Cut avocado in half, remove pit, and peel. Put avocado into medium bowl. Add lime juice, salt and pepper and mash with fork until chunky. (Or spoon into zip top plastic bag, seal and mash with hands until chunky.) Stir in peaches, grapes and herb. Serve with toasted pita triangles or sweet potato chips.
Nutritional Information per serving - calories 85, fat 5.73g, monounsaturated fat3.76g, saturated fat 0.6g, protein 1.67g, carbohydrates 9.5g, cholesterol 0mg, sodium 147mg, fiber 1.9g.