Gameday Goat Cheese Guacamole Recipe

Anybody with an avocado, a lime and a fork can make guacamole, but it takes a seasoned chef to come up with this unlikely but popular combination. Chef David Bancroft's wife asks for it with double the goat cheese for an extra-creamy texture. 

By: Jed Portman
Goat Cheese Guacamole

Goat Cheese Guacamole

From David Bancroft
Acre
Auburn, Alabama

Anybody with an avocado, a lime and a fork can make guacamole, but it takes a seasoned chef to come up with this unlikely but popular combination. The chef's wife asks for it with double the goat cheese for an extra-creamy texture. Get the recipe.

Photo by: Margaret Houston

Margaret Houston

From David Bancroft
Acre
Auburn, Alabama

Ingredients

Serves 10-15

  • 4 avocadoes
  • Juice of 2 limes, plus more to taste
  • 8 oz. goat cheese
  • 1/2 cup pico de gallo
  • Pinch of kosher salt, plus more to taste
  • Tortilla chips, for serving

Preparation

Scoop avocado flesh into a medium bowl and mash it with a fork. Season with lime juice and salt, and then fold it into the pico de gallo and goat cheese until creamy. Serve with torilla chips. 

Goat Cheese Guacamole

Goat Cheese Guacamole

From David Bancroft
Acre
Auburn, Alabama

Anybody with an avocado, a lime and a fork can make guacamole, but it takes a seasoned chef to come up with this unlikely but popular combination. The chef's wife asks for it with double the goat cheese for an extra-creamy texture.

Photo by: Margaret Houston

Margaret Houston

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