Home Team Guacamole

Description
Home Team Guacamole begins with a party size portion of basic guacamole (4 avocados, salt, lemon or lime juice) - served in the center of a serving tray. Line-up color-coded ingredients around the guacamole in small bowls. Then mix in "add-ins" to personalize and create your own "super" bowl.

Ingredients

 * 4 ripe, large California avocados, peeled, pitted, mashed
 * 1 tsp salt, or to taste
 * 2 Tbsp fresh lime juice

Directions
Coarsely mash avocados; do not puree

Stir in lime juice and season to taste.

Prepare "add-ins" as directed below.

Guacamole is best made as close to serving as possible.

For short-term storage, seal in an airtight container with a piece of plastic wrap against the surface of the guacamole.

To serve, place guacamole in center of serving tray and arrange additional ingredients on platter to surround the guacamole.

Serve with tortilla chips.

REGIONAL VARIATIONS

Tampa Bay

4 ounces cooked shelled and deveined small shrimp

1/2 cup diced green onion

1/2 cup diced yellow bell pepper

5 - 10 drops red pepper sauce

Tampa Bay's coastal location calls for shrimp. The red pepper sauce and yellow bell pepper represent the team's colors.

Oakland

2 garlic cloves finely chopped

2/3 cup black beans, rinsed and drained

1/2 cup chopped red onion

1/2 cup chopped tomato

2 pickled jalapeños, chopped

Oakland's signature color black is represented in the black beans. Two jalapenos are added to represent the teams extra spice!

Atlanta

1/2 cup peach preserves or peach salsa

1/2 cup toasted pecans, coarsely chopped

New York

1/2 pound smoked salmon pieces

1/2 cup drained capers (stir in to guacamole base)

(Reduce salt to 1/2 tsp. in base recipe)

Philadelphia

8 oz softened cream cheese

2/3 cup chopped black olives

Pittsburgh

1/2 cup chopped roasted red bell pepper

1/2 cup chopped roasted yellow bell pepper

San Francisco

1/2 pound cooked Dungeness crab, chopped

1/4 cup diced scallions

1/2 tsp. cracked black pepper

Tennessee

1/2 cup sweet white onion, finely chopped

1 cup chunky red salsa