VELVET AVOCADO PASTA

Avocado, when used correctly, resembles the texture of velvet. This recipe even utilises the avocado skin, something you don’t usually see, minimising waste.
  • SERVES 2
  • Easy
  • 2 hours
  • 15 min
RECIPE DEVELOPED BY:
Monray van der Hyde
STYLING & PHOTOGRAPHY:
ICA Team

PASTA 

  • 100 g bread flour
  • 1 large egg, whisked
  • pinch of salt

AVOCADO AND CREAM CHEESE FILLING 

  • 15 ml (1 tbsp) vegetable oil
  • 1 (70 g) small onion, finely chopped
  • 50 g almonds, toasted and finely chopped
  • 45 ml (3 tbsp) cream cheese,
  • 1 (200 g) avocado, mashed
  • salt, to season 

AVOCADO SALT 

  • skin of 1 avocado, scraped clean and dried
  • 10g salt 

AVOCADO PESTO  

  • 60 g basil, fresh
  • 40 g almonds, lightly toasted and chopped
  • 2 (14 g) garlic cloves, creamed
  • 50 g Pecorino cheese, grated
  • 80 ml (⅓ cup) olive oil
  • 45 ml (3 tbsp) lemon juice
  • 1 (200 g) Avocado, pureed
  • salt and pepper, to season 

AVOCADO OIL 

  • handful of parsley
  • 1 avocado skin
  • 250 ml (1 cup) vegetable oil 

RICE PAPER CRISPS 

  • 5 Rice papers
  • oil, to deep fry
  • avocado salt

TO SERVE 

  • 125 ml (½ cup) crème fraîche
  • 10 g fresh basil  

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