Sitop--I'm with you on the Mixmasters. I have three, well, two plus a pile of parts that I've assembled into an almost complete one (missing a beater and the big bowl). I had a fourth one but I gave it to my girlfriend. It's her new favorite toy--besides me, of course. We made homemade guacamole with it over the weekend. Used the dough hooks instead of the regular beaters. We'd had 'tableside guacamole' at a Mexican restaurant a couple of weeks before and as I watched the waiter mix it up in a granite mortar and pestle, I made note of the simple ingredients and after I'd tasted it, I said 'hey, we can make this!' The $8 we paid for it became tuition to 'guacamole school'. Here's what we came up with:
Two avocados
Juice of 1 lime
One roma tomato
Half of a fresh jalapeno pepper, finely chopped
One medium sized sweet onion, finely chopped
Fresh cilantro, garlic powder and kosher salt to taste*
*You can use garlic salt but adding garlic powder and salt separately gives more control over the ratio.
Slice the avocados in half lengthwise, remove the seed, and scoop the flesh out with a spoon and place into the small mixing bowl with the lime juice.
Slice the jalapeno pepper in half lengthwise, remove the seeds, and chop finely in an electric food chopper or food processor.
Slice the onion in half from top to bottom, then cut one of the halves into four pieces and chop finely in an electric food chopper or food processor (you can chop the onion and the jalapeno together) and add to the mixing bowl.
Chop the cilantro finely (you can do this along with the jalepeno and the onion if you wish) and add to the mixing bowl along with the salt and garlic.
With the dough hooks in place, turn the mixer on medium low speed (we used '4' on the 12-speed Mixmaster) and begin the blending process, using a plastic spatula to push the mixture into the path of the dough hooks as necessary. Using the dough hooks instead of the regular beaters gives the guacamole a somewhat lumpy texture, similar to that achieved with a mortar and pestle. The regular beaters make it too creamy.
Once the guacamole has reached the desired texture, stir it with a spoon to reveal any large lumps and mash them up with the spoon.
Finely dice the tomato by hand and fold into the guacamole as you stir it with a spoon or the plastic spatula. Serve immediately with your favorite tortilla chips.
Total prep time: approx. 15 minutes