Tag: avocado

Baked Egg in Avocado

1 July 2025

A few days ago A Jeanne In the Kitchen wrote a very informative post about avocados, the name, their origin, the varieties and their nutritious benefits. Excellent read, thanks!
We all know how tasty guacamole is, or the combination of fried egg, avocado, salmon and toast. She also mentioned the possibility to cook avocados. New to us!

We searched for recipes. The first option is to slice an avocado, coat the slices with breadcrumbs or panko and deep-fry them.
A bit more work: make a batter with avocados, cheese, eggs and herbs, take small portions of the batter and fry these in a pan until golden.
A third option: baked eggs in avocado. The pictures looked great, so let’s start cooking!

We halved a ripe avocado and removed the pit. Hm. A halved avocado has room for half a pit. An egg is bigger than a pit. Adding an egg to a halved avocado creates a bit of a mess. What to do? Use smaller eggs or remove some of the avocado? We couldn’t find quails eggs so we made the hole bigger. What to do with the left over avocado? Serve with the baked avocado? But that’s a bit silly, isn’t it?
The problem was not yet solved: one egg was still too big for one halved avocado. Remove even more of the avocado? Baked eggs in avocado skin?
We decided to whisk the egg, add a pinch of salt, some black pepper, thinly sliced spring onion and crème fraîche. We poured some of the mixture in the avocado and baked the two halves in the oven.

We think the result looks very nice. Unfortunately the avocado doesn’t benefit from the warmth. Even worse: the avocado and the egg reduce each other flavour. A bland combination. The aroma of the dish is bitter, making the dish even less enjoyable.

What You Don’t Need
  • 1 ripe Avocado
  • 1 organic Egg
  • a pinch of Salt
  • Blach Pepper
  • 1 teaspoon of Crème Fraîche
  • thinly sliced Spring Onion
What You Don’t Need to Do
  1. Halve the avocado
  2. Remove the pit
  3. Make the holes bigger
  4. Eat the left over avocado
  5. Whisk the egg
  6. Add salt, crème fraîche and some of the spring onion
  7. Pour some some of the mixture in the halved avocados
  8. Transfer to the oven at 180 ˚C or 355 ˚F for 20 minutes
  9. Decorate with slices of spring onion
Baked Eggs in Avocado ©cadwu with crème fraîche, salt, spring onion
Baked Eggs in Avocado ©cadwu

Guacamole

6 October 2022

It’s very tempting to buy ready-made tapenade, guacamole, mayonnaise or fish paté. It’s easier, much quicker and you don’t need to worry about ingredients and recipes. Very true. On the other hand, we also know that most of these ready-made products contain far too much salt plus additives that shouldn’t be in there. For instance, we found a trout paté with rapeseed oil, vinegar, egg, salt, lemon juice, sugar and paprika. The ingredients in a jar with guacamole included mascarpone, cellulose gum, sugar (again) and coconut oil.

The good news is that making your own guacamole is very simple. The only challenge is to buy ripe and tasty avocados. When in doubt, ask your greengrocer.
Guacamole combines very well with nachos, chips and toast, but also with baked potatoes, fried fish and smoked salmon. We like to enjoy it with our beloved (Flemish) grey small shrimps.

Wine Pairing

If you serve guacamole with small shrimps as a starter, then we suggest a refreshing white wine, for instance a glass of Viognier. You could also serve a glass of dry rosé.

What You Need

  • 2 Ripe Avocados
  • Small Red Onion or Shallot
  • Small Garlic Clove
  • Red Chili Pepper
  • Lemon
  • Soy Sauce
  • 100 grams Small (Grey) Shrimps
  • Black Pepper
  • Cilantro (optional)

What You Do

Peel both avocados, remove the seeds and chop coarsely. Finely chop the shallot, the garlic clove and some red chilli pepper. How much you use depends on the spiciness of the pepper and your preference. Add one avocado to the beaker of your blender. Add the shallot, garlic and chili pepper. Add a small splash (start with half a teaspoon) of soy sauce and a bigger splash of lemon juice. Add the remaining avocado and blender until smooth. Taste and decide if you want to add more lemon juice or soy sauce. Transfer to the refrigerator.
Serve with small shrimps, black pepper and cilantro.

PS

We know, we start by mentioning that ready-made guacamole contains odd ingredients like mascarpone and then we suggest adding soy sauce to this typical Mexican dish. Inconsistent to say the least. Well, guacamole needs a pinch of salt. You could (of course) add regular salt, but by adding a drop of fish sauce or soy sauce, you also add some umami, which seems to work well with the avocado and the shrimps. 

Guacemole ©cadwu
Guacamole ©cadwu

Avocado and Cucumber Soup

22 July 2020

Something Extra

Preparing a chilled soup is more than simply combining and blending a few ingredients; it needs something extra, something that will give the soup a push, simply because it’s chilled and the aromas are not as present as when a soup is warm. For instance Gazpacho is not just a mixture of tomatoes, cucumber, bell pepper and red onion; it absolutely needs Jerez vinegar.
Cold soups also benefit from adding excellent olive oil just before serving. The olive oil will give that velvety, rich feel in your mouth.
Chilled avocado and cucumber soup also needs something extra. We add soft blue cheese (for instance Gorgonzola Dolce) and Dill. Lemon will bring the required acidity and Greek Yoghurt will enhance the texture.

What You Need

  • One Ripe Avocado
  • One Small Cucumber
  • Stock (Chicken, Veal or Vegetable)
  • Soft Blue Cheese
  • Fresh Dill
  • Lemon
  • Black Pepper
  • Greek Yoghurt
  • Olive Oil

What You Do

  1. Peel the cucumber and remove the seeds
  2. Add the cucumber, avocado, stock, cheese and dill to your blender and mix
  3. Now it’s a matter of tasting
  4. Add a bit of lemon and black pepper
  5. You may want to add more dill because it’s a fairly delicate herb
  6. Once you’re happy with the taste, add some yoghurt and mix with a spoon
  7. Transfer to the refrigerator and let cool and integrate for at least 4 hours
  8. In this case ‘integrate’ also means making sure the cucumber is not too present
  9. Just before serving taste again and add some olive oil
  10. Stir with a spoon
  11. Serve in a cold soup plate or bowl and decorate with a sprig of dill.