AVOCADO TOMATILLO SAUCE

This sauce can be served as a dip with crudités or used to spice up any simple fillet of fish, chicken or beef.

850 CALORIES | 62G FAT | 13G SATURATES | 42G CARBS | 37G SUGAR | 2G SALT | 14G PROTEIN | 33G FIBRE

4 fresh tomatillos, peeled

2 avocados, peeled and destoned

3 garlic cloves

juice of 1–1½ limes

6–10 sprigs of fresh coriander

¼–½ teaspoon sea salt

for the crudités

300g carrots, peeled and cut into sticks

300g celery, cut into sticks

½ cucumber, cut into sticks

a bunch of radish, topped and tailed and quartered

1. Bring a pan of lightly salted water to the boil and cook the tomatillos for about 3–4 minutes to soften. Allow to cool.

2. Place all the ingredients in a food processor and whiz until smooth. Serve straight away with crudités.

TIP

Tomatillos are also called tomate verde in Mexico (which means green tomato) and are a staple in Mexican cooking (their delicious green salsas). They’re best when they’re about the size of a cherry tomato and have a wonderful citrusy sweet flavour. To prepare, simply destem, remove the papery outer layer and wash.