Avocado Spread With Roasted Bell Peppers Recipe
This Avocado Spread With Roasted Bell Peppers Recipe shows you how to create a creamy avocado spread dotted with roasted peppers and lovingly seasoned. It has a refreshing lemony flavor with piquant garlicky notes. The mixture of quality ingredients produces a harmony of flavors mingled into a tasty and colorful spread. You can serve it as an appetizer or side dish. Great as a vegan spread. It is gluten free, dairy free, and full of nutrients. Delicious!
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Avocado Spread With Roasted Bell Peppers
Follow this Avocado Spread With Roasted Bell Peppers Recipe to create a creamy avocado spread that is flavorful, colorful and beautiful!
Equipment
- 1 Bowl
- 1 Fork (for mashing the avocado)
Ingredients
- 3 cups Red Bell Peppers (cubed, measured before roasting)
- 6 tbsp Garlicky Chives (thinly diced)
- 2 cups Avocado (peeled, pitted and coarsely mashed)
- 4 tbsp Fresh Lemon Juice
- 1 tsp Fresh Lemon Rind
- 4 tbsp Olive Oil
- 1 tsp Salt (adjust to taste or health requirements)
- 1/4 tsp Ground Black Pepper (spice)
Instructions
- Gather the ingredients.
- Preheat the oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit (175 degrees Celsius).
- Wash the bell peppers well. Remove the core and pits. Cut into small cubes.
- Place the cubed bell peppers on a baking pan lined with a baking sheet.
- Bake for 15-20 minutes or until the bell peppers appear roasted. Let cool.
- Wash the garlicky chives well. Thinly dice. Set aside.
- Grate the rind of a lemon (the outer yellow peel only). Set aside.
- Squeeze juice from the same lemon. Set aside.
- Wash the avocados well.
- Slice each avocado in half and remove the pits.
- Scoop the insides of the avocados and coarsely mash them with a fork.
- Place the mashed avocado in a bowl. Gently mix in the lemon juice, lemon rind, olive oil, salt and ground black pepper.
- Add the roasted bell peppers and garlicky chives. Gently mix.
Notes
Prepare this recipe with ripe avocados.
Since avocado flesh tends to blacken, cut the avocados towards the end of the preparation process and mix with the lemon juice as soon as possible.
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