Asian-Inspired Guacamole

Any cake would go well with this frosting recipe, not only Black Forest cake. For a fantastic Black Forest cake, combine this icing with cherry pie filling and your preferred chocolate cake.

Prep Time: 15 mins
Total Time: 15 mins
Servings: 4
Yield: 4 servings

Ingredients

  1. 3 yellow cherry tomatoes, diced
  2. ¼ green bell pepper, finely chopped
  3. 5 leaves fresh basil, finely chopped
  4. 1 avocado, halved and pitted
  5. 1 teaspoon lemongrass paste (such as Gourmet Garden™)
  6. 1 pinch salt
  7. 1 splash lime juice
  8. 1 tablespoon gochujang (Korean hot pepper paste)
  9. 1 pinch curry powder
  10. 1 pinch ground cumin

Instructions

  1. Combine tomatoes, bell pepper, and basil in a large bowl or mortar. Spoon avocado into the bowl. Add lemongrass paste, salt, lime juice, gochujang, curry powder, and cumin, in that order. Mash and combine using a pestle or wooden spoon until guacamole appears brown with specks of color.
  2. Use a yellow bell pepper instead of green, if desired.

 

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