International / basics / Sauces & condiments
Field of Dreams Guacamole
This guacamole is decorated to look like a ballpark, topped with a cream cheese baseball.
Ingredients
- cream cheese, softened4 oz
- dry buttermilk salad dressing and seasoning mix, packaged1 tsp
- avocado, large, fresh, ripe; halved, pitted, peeled3
- lime juice, fresh3 tbsp
- garlic powder, coarsely ground2 tsp
- salt1 tsp
- red pepper sauce1 tsp
- red onions, finely chopped1/2 cup
- roasted pepper, prepared red bell pepper; chopped1/2 cup
- red pepper, bell pepper1
- sour cream, low-fat1/2 cup
- wheat crackers, thin
- bell pepper strips, tortilla chips and/or crackers, for dipping; bell pepper cut 1/2 inch wide
Quantities are auto-calculated from the original recipe as a guide. Items without numbers (e.g. “to taste”) are not changed.
Method 9 steps
In bowl, blend cream cheese and buttermilk seasoning. Place in plastic wrap, roll into a ball, and chill in freezer for 1 hour or refrigerate overnight.
In bowl, coarsely mash avocado with lime juice, garlic, salt and red pepper sauce.
Stir in red onion and roasted bell pepper.
Using rubber spatula, scoop guacamole onto square plate. Spread out evenly, making a slight mound in center to create a 'pitchers mound'.
Spoon sour cream into pastry bag with fine tip or plastic bag with ⅛-inch corner cut out. Pipe thin 'base lines' onto guacamole 'field'.
To create the red 'stitching' for the baseball, cut the red bell pepper into 1 inch strips. Using a sharp knife, carefully remove fleshy inside of the pepper, reserving the red shiny skin. Slice the skin into very thin strips to create stitch lines for baseball.
To make baseball: Remove cream cheese from freezer or refrigerator. Roll to make a round baseball shape. Remove plastic wrap. Using a wooden pick, form the stitch lines on the ball. Use the very thin pieces of red bell pepper skin to lay over stitch lines. Place 'baseball' on the 'mound' in the center of the guacamole 'field'.
Use thin wheat crackers for 'bases'.
Serve crackers, tortilla chips and/or bell pepper strips as dippers.
Region evidence: no stated origin (basic dish)
