Caldos
Soups & Stews
Avacado Soup
Sopa de Aguacate
4 tbsp Shortening
3 Medium-sized avocados,
-mashed
1 tbsp Flour
1/4 cup Chopped onion
1/3 cup Cream
1/2 cup Tomatoes,
peeled and drained
Green food coloring
3 Tortillas , or 3
-slices of bread
Salt and pepper
4 cups Stock
Heat one tablespoon shortening,
blend in flour and brown.
Add onion and tomatoes and boil
until mixture is reduced
to about one-half.
Add a pinch of salt and pepper
and add to stock.
Simmer ten minutes.
Place mashed avocados
in a soup tureen,
add cream and mix well.
Add a few drops of green
coloring and stock.
Stir and serve immediately
with tortilla croutons which
have been made by cutting
tortillas into small squares
and frying in three
tablespoons shortening
until golden brown.
Bread cubes may be used instead.
