Volume 12, Issue 025 - February 2, 2007 |
Hello Friend,
I would like to thank all the fine folks at the
California Avocado Commission
and the Hass Avocado
Board
for their hard work, great content and tasty recipes. I would especially like to
thank Kim Kurata from Kurata Communications and Ann Segerstrom from Segerstrom Communications for
their invaluable
help in putting this week together. I hope you all enjoyed this week's
Foodservice Daily mailing as much as I have. Enjoy the game this Sunday
Have a great weekend...you deserve it!
Fun Facts
- Avocados are a fruit, not a vegetable, belonging to the
genus Persea and the Lauraceae family.
- Avocados are a healthy food with 60 percent more potassium than
bananas.
- Avocados are sodium- and cholesterol-free and have only
five grams of fat per serving, most of it the good-for-you monounsaturated
kind.
- Science can neither deny nor confirm the avocado's
reputation as an aphrodisiac.
- Avocados were once a luxury food reserved for the tables of
royalty, but now California avocados are enjoyed around the world by people
from all walks of life.
- Brazilians add avocados to ice cream.
- Filipinos purée avocados with sugar and milk for a dessert
drink.
- Latin Americans wrap avocados up and give them as wedding
gifts.
Source: Avocado.org
 Curried
Avocado Triangles with Fresh Mint Sauce
Makes 12 servings
Ingredients:
3 California Avocados, mashed
1 tablespoon curry powder
1/2 teaspoon salt
72 wonton wraps (dough squares)
vegetable oil, as needed for deep frying
Fresh Mint Sauce (recipe follows)
Preparation:
Add curry powder and salt to avocado.
Put 1 generous teaspoon of avocado mixture in one corner of wrap. Brush edge with
water. Fold over into a triangle; press to seal. Repeat with remaining wraps.
Per Order:
Deep fry 6 triangles until golden, about 2 minutes; serve with 1/4
cup Fresh Mint Sauce on the side.
Fresh Mint Sauce
Ingredients:
4 ounces fresh mint leaves
4 ounces shallots, coarsely chopped
3/4 cup lime juice
1/2 cup lemon juice
1/2 cup water
3 tablespoons sugar
1 teaspoon salt
Preparation:
Process in a food processor and chill.
Source: Avocado.org
More Fun Avocado Facts:
- The avocado is also called an Alligator Pear because of its
pear-like shape and green skin.
- Avocado is a corruption of the Spanish word aguacate, which
is in turn a corruption of the Aztec word ahuacatl.
- California produces 95% of the nation's avocado crop.
- San Diego County is the Avocado Capital of the U.S.,
producing 60% of all the avocados grown in California.
- There are about 6,000 avocado groves in California; the
average size is 10 acres.
- A single California avocado tree can produce about 120
avocados (or 60 pounds of fruit) a year.
- There are seven varieties of avocados grown commercially in
California, but the Hass is the most popular, accounting for approximately 80%
of the total crop volume.
- California avocados grow year-round.
- About 43.6% of all U.S. households buy avocados.
Source: Avocado.org
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 Honeyed
California Avocado Crepes with Mango Sauce
Makes 4 servings
Ingredients:
1-1/2 tablespoons avocado honey, warmed
1 tablespoon powdered sugar
1 teaspoon lemon juice
1/8 teaspoon freshly ground nutmeg
pinch of salt
1 California avocado, cut in 1/2-inch dice (about 8 ounces)
1/2 cup French pastry cream
4 8-inch crepes
Mango Sauce (recipe follows)
edible flowers for garnish
thinly sliced avocado for garnish
thinly sliced mango for garnish.
Preparation:
Mix honey with next four ingredients.
Fold honey mixture into diced avocado; reserve.
To assemble crepes, spread 2 tablespoons pastry cream on each crepe, leaving a
1-inch border around top edges and about 2-inches on the bottom edges.
Distribute one-fourth of reserved avocado mixture evenly along center of crepes
in the shape of a cone.
Fold one side over the other to form a cone.
Fold tip end under
Place on a parchment-lined sheet pan
Warm for 5 minutes at 350 degrees F. Transfer each warmed crepe to a serving
plate.
Pour 1/4 cup Mango Sauce around each crepe.
Garnish with flowers and sliced avocado and mango.
Mango Sauce
Makes 4 servings
Ingredients:
2 mangos
lemon juice to taste
sugar to taste
Preparation:
Peel and dice 2 mangos; purée in blender or food processor.
Add lemon juice and sugar to taste.
Source: Avocado.org
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