Unripe Avocados

[EcclesCake]

I implore you to only answer the exam question here, I know what I could do but I want to know what I CAN do.

I am going to have at least two under ripe avocados to cook with at a demonstration. I have very limited equipment and a soup or pureed solution is not possible. Does anyone have a recipe for using under ripe avocados?

I know the useful answers are going to be few and far between, but I thought I'd give it a go.

TIA

[heathfield]

Grated unripe avacados are sometimes included as part of a salad.

[EcclesCake]

I have no electricity but do have 'hand tools', i.e. pestle & mortar, grater, knife etc. I have gas hobs, but not much else.

[Clanad]

...Then peel it, cut in sturdy slices (removing pit which you could then grow) place slices in a heavy frying pan with a little EVOO and fry for about 3 minutes over medium heat or until it becomes as soft as ripened avocado. Use as usual for salads or other dishes. Tastes great...

[EcclesCake]

Mmm, nice idea Clanad. I'm just wondering if I could coat them in a polenta type crust and serve them with a tomato salsa.....time to play......

[Cowtipper]

The only interesting things I found in my cookbooks were: Cranberry-avocado salad, half shells with cold lobster salad or half shells with curry. I looked through about 25 cookbooks because the question intrigued me. Clanad's suggestion was better than anything else I saw.

[EcclesCake]

Thanks Cowtipper, I suspect there is a very good reason why we can't find recipes for under ripe avocados ;-)

I'm going to have a go at Clanads idea, my fritter idea and see what a guacamole with coarsely grated avocado and chopped tomato/onion/chilli turn out like.

[Twirls]

You could try and get them to ripen by putting them in a brown paper bag with some bananas - it's supposed to work but I've not tried it.

[Cowtipper]

I started in the pickling books because I thought the firmness might be to your advantage (the only advantage I see for under-ripe ones). I'd need to play with one but its an hour drive to the grocery store from here. Let us know how the guacamole turns out.

[237SJ]

What about sliced and fried in a nice tempura batter with a thai sweet chilli dip?

[EcclesCake]

Thanks, no time to ripen as they will be delivered on the the day I need to use them.

Tempura batter is a nice idea but I can't do deep frying as disposing of a large quantity of hot oil is a tad difficult, hence my thinking on a polenta crust that can be done shallow fried.

TBH, I don't have a whole lot of of hope for coarsely grated guac, but hey it's worth a try!

[mccfluff]

i like underripe avocados. when they arrive wrap them in newspaper and leave them for as long as poss. or i remember seeing someone do baked avodcado's once, looked rank but may work