Guacamole

PhilCCFC

Hi, quick question for you all. Do you know whether you can freeze home made guacamole ?

Alathea_2

I've frozen it. It went a little brownish but avocados do discolour easily.It ended up beige rather than pale green. It also separated slightly but when stirred it reconstituted reasonably.
I didn't leave it in the freezer very long but I suppose the last lot must have been in for about 3 months.

Queenie

:hello: Welcome Alathea - great tip! Thank you

Mado

I believe the more lemon juice in it the less brown it goes. As well, leave the minimum amount exposed to air as it is the oxygen that oxydises it.

(To keep a cut avocado from turning brown put in flat on a slightly wet piece of kitchen roll).

Lillibet_2

For low fat/cheaper guacamole substitue some of the avocado with cooked peas & the sour cream with yoghurt;) Doesn't freeze though 'cos of the yoghurt.

Jazzycat

a good tip is too add pureed broad beans to the avocados and lemon juice.
The taste is exactly the same but it holds up better and it will strecth that much further

KTFrugal

If your guac goes a bit brown, you can add some chopped tomatoes and pretend that was your idea in the first place. Actually, it's pretty good like that with extra chillis.

freda

I froze guacamole and it stayed green. I put it in a little tub, and then put clingfilkm on top so that there wasn't any air in between the dlingfilm and the guacamole. Worked fine, no separation, no discolouring.

bluemoon_3

Not sure about freezing, but I read that if you're storing guac in the fridge you can place the stone in the guac to stop it turning brown.