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Roasted Tomato and Feta Guacamole

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roasted tomato and feta guacamole

I wish there was some sort of Willy Wonka-style candy factory that produced savory avocado delights instead of candy.  In addition to that statement making me sound stone-cold craaaazy, the reality of that sort of factory would be absolutely AMAZING!  Don’t lie.  You want in.

I’d totally Veruca Salt my way all up in there.  No shame.

Since there is no fantasy-land avocado factory I’ve settled for roasting a big ol’ bunch of cherry tomatoes, and tossing them (along with just a little too much feta) into a batch of creamy do-no-wrong guacamole.

Roasted Tomato and Feta Guacamole

Don’t roasted cherry tomatoes look a little bit like candy?  If candy were vegetable.

Related and rhetorical:  why won’t I shut up about candy!?

Roasted Tomato and Feta Guacamole

These avocados feel like a hot commodity here in the South.  In California, they grow on trees (like money, and Jimmy Choos) and you always have a friend who complains about the random avocado tree littering their backyard with avocados.  Oooooh how I long for such produce problems.

Roasted Tomato and Feta Guacamole

In-skin slicing, because we’re very smart and very efficient.

Cilantro and onions in the avocado bowl all for the mashing.

Roasted Tomato and Feta Guacamole

Coarsely chopped roasted tomatoes and big crumbles of feta are folded into the mashed avocado mixture.

Lots of fresh lime, salt, and pepper, too!

Roasted Tomato and Feta Guacamole

That was easy, wasn’t it!?

It’s natural to feel mostly like a magician.

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Roasted Tomato and Feta Guacamole

Prep Time: 20 minutes

Serving Size: 4 servings

Roasted Tomato and Feta Guacamole

Ingredients

  • 1 heaping cup cherry tomatoes, sliced in half
  • 2 tablespoons olive oil
  • salt and pepper to roast
  • 4 ripe Haas avocados, pitted and sliced into chunks
  • 1 small yellow onion, peeled and finely diced (a heaping 1/2 cup)
  • 1 jalapeño, seeded and finely diced
  • juice of 2 limes
  • 1/4 cup coarsely chopped fresh cilantro
  • heaping 1/3 cup crumbled feta
  • salt and pepper to taste
  • corn chips for serving

Instructions

  1. Place a rack in the upper third of the oven and preheat oven to 375 degrees F. Line a baking sheet with parchment paper and place tomato halves, cut side up, on the baking sheet. Drizzle lightly with olive oil and sprinkle generously with salt and pepper. Roast until bubbling and slightly wrinkled and dry, about 15 minutes. Remove from the oven dan plow to cool on the pan until cool enough to handle. Place all of the tomatoes on a cutting board and coarsely chop.
  2. In a medium bowl, combine avocado chunks, onion, jalapeño, lime juice, and cilantro. Coarsely mash with a fork or a potato masher. Add tomatoes, feta crumbles, salt and pepper. Stir to combine. Taste and season as necessary. Cover and chill in the refrigerator for about an hour before serving. Serve with corn chips.
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  5. Tina

    This is such a unique take on guac and I definitely think I need to try it. I almost ate an entire tub of guacamole for dinner last night. It’s one of my favorite things!

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  6. gayle casey

    Bought $8 of heirloom grape tomatoes at the farmer’s market yesterday. Had eaten half of them within 15 minutes of getting home, all the while saying, “tastes just like candy!” ala Lucy Ricardo in the Vitameatavegamin episode!

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  7. Madeleine

    I love you, Joy the Baker! Your attitude to avocados is exemplary. They surely can do no wrong! I’ll be making this and I can’t wait to try it! Yum… Keep up the awesome work please!

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  15. Marianne

    that looks very jummy…. I have been in Greek recently and ate a lot of feta chees…but never in combination with avocato…have to try it :) thank you for sharing

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  17. leahgreenbergdavis

    I will never forget being in California and seeing avocado served with everything (even at the cheapest brunch places). Here (in Georgia), avocados are so expensive!! Definitely a treat for sure!

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  21. Kate

    This looks so good! I never thought of mashing feta into my guac. When my mom moved to Florida from Nor Cal a few years ago, the very first thing she complained about (even before the weather!) was the sad avocado situation.

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  24. Julia

    As always, you can make something simple like guacamole into something sophisticated and fancy! I really want to try this…Aaaand since I’m in California, I feel like I owe it to you to go get some easily-available avocados and make this ASAP.

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  26. Girl Named Allyn

    We were just in Hawaii, and my husband’s aunt and uncle had a neighbor invite them over for their pretty much weekly bag of avocados picked from one of his tress.
    Jealousy doesn’t even begin to describe what I felt. Think avocados are a commodity in the South? Try NYC. Ouch, that price hurts.
    Also, this looks delicious.

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  27. Jana H.

    I feel your pain about the avocado situation. They’re usually readily available here in MS, but not always all that fresh. I can’t tell you how many times I’ve dug through the avocado bin and all I found was mush. I need to research to find out if avocado trees would do well here. I’d totally consider planting one. Need to find some seeds for those money and Jimmy Choo trees, too, since those are IMPOSSIBLE to find here. haha

    This looks delish, btw. I’ve never roasted cherry tomatoes but you’re right! They do look like candy! and I love candy! Also love quac. Sooo…I need to get on this! :-)

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  28. Jena

    You think you’ve got avo supply issues- heck, I live in Dubai where they’re always imported from Mexico & Australia, & are pricier than gold!! That said, the precious couple currently ripening in my fruit bowl are definitely being turned into your divine sounding guac!

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  30. Mallory

    roast those tomatoes with a bit of sugar sprinkled over the top and boom! candy. Not joking. Out of this world. To have an avocado tree…that is a midwestern girls dream!

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  33. dessertfortwo

    In grad school, my lettuce and celery fields were down in Salinas. Everytime I’d go, they would beg me to pull avocados off the tree before I left. Twist my arm!

    PS I want candy.

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