Recipe: Jackie's Afro Avo
What's Cooking leaves Durban and heads into the Midlands to Hartford House, where legendary chef Jackie Cameron takes us through her East Coast Tables recipe: Afro Avo.
What's Cooking leaves Durban and heads into the Midlands to Hartford House, where legendary chef Jackie Cameron takes us through one of her East Coast Tables: The Inland Edition recipes: Afro Avo.
Stylish and tasty, Jackie serves this as the cheese course on the Hartford House tasting menu. And yes, that is a 'Fro comb she uses to texturize the avo!
Ingredients:
3 small avocados
3 tsp freshly squeezed lemon juice
Salt and pepper to taste
300g (2 logs) ash-coated chevin
3 pieces coppa or Parma-style ham, oven dried, roughly broken
½ red onion, sliced into half-moons
1 kiwi fruit, skinned, sliced, quartered
12 tiny tips fresh mint
A grind of black pepper, per plate
A drizzle of virgin olive oil, per plate
12 butter-coated, oven dried slices of home-made melba toast
Method
Mix avo, lemon juice and seasoning into a puree. Comb avo onto a stylish plate or slate. Place all other ingredients beautifully, finishing with crisp melba toast.
* East Coast Tables: The Inland Edition is available at all good book stores.