Always read the label.

  On the BBC website there is a story about the surplus ingredients in many supermarket pestos, (there's a link to it below), and unsurprisingly you'll read that a lot of them contain many more ingredients than those on the very short list that makes up an authentic pesto recipe. For example, carrot fibres, which M&S thinks are necessary. A spokesman for M&S said the carrot fibre "ensures that the oil and basil does not separate, naturally improving its shelf life for customers". Whatever.

  In case you need a translation, that's corporate for, 'carrot fibres are cheaper than the other ingredients', but you're not here for a lecture on how to buy pesto, especially when you know how easy and satisfying it is to make your own. You're here to get the skinny on sophisticated guacamole.

Tonight, Matthew, I'll mostly be eating snake.

  Hilariously, now I've spoken about authenticity, I've just opened myself up to a barrage of criticism for messing with guacamole so I'll preface this with a disclaimer. This may not conform to your idea of a genuine guacamole recipe, which is fine because as far as I can tell, there are variations. Now that's out of the way, go find some soft/ripe avocados and meet me in the kitchen.

  You'll also want ripe tomato, some fresh coriander, limes, chilli and a red onion. Before you get started on the avocado, slice the onion into tiny bits. The tomato too but it doesn't need to be as small. If you're using fresh chilli, remove the seeds and chop it up finely. Pick the coriander leaves and squeeze the lime juice out.

  Like before, you're going to scoop out the avocado flesh and mash it with a fork, but this time you've got a few more ingredients to mix in. And to make things interesting, I'm not going to give you quantities, instead you'll have to use your judgement. I realise the potential for disaster is massive if you've got a bowl of fresh, home-baked tortilla chips and you're using them to continually taste guacamole. You could very well find you've eaten everything before you've even started, but that's just a great reason to make more. 

Kirk out

http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-43757865

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