California Avocado Pate

Total Time: 5 mins Preparation Time: 5 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 2 large ripe california avocados
• 1 tablespoon chopped green onion
• 4 hard-boiled eggs
• fresh mint
• chopped fresh ground pepper
• 2 tablespoons lemon juice
• salt
• 1 1/4 cups sour cream (or mayonnaise)
• 2 garlic cloves, crushed
• 2 teaspoons chopped olives
• 1 1/8 teaspoons sweet parsley
• paprika

Recipe

• 1 cut avocados in half, remove seed and carefully scoop out flesh and put in a bowl.
• 2 save the avocado skins for serving.
• 3 mash avocado with all remaining ingredients.
• 4 replace mixture into shells, smoothing down so as to keep avocado shape.
• 5 garnish with lemon twist and a sprig of parsley and serve with melba toast or crackers.