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Guacamole Chamacuero

A regional guacamole from Comonfort, in the Bajío heartland of Guanajuato, distinguished by the addition of fresh seasonal local fruits, and seasonal local fruits seeds. The fruit is not decorative — it is structural, bringing sweetness and acidity that push against the fat of the avocado and the heat of the serrano. Diana Kennedy documented this version in My Mexico as a local specialty tied to the town formerly known as Chamacuero, and it reflects the Bajío's agricultural abundance: orchards, vineyards, and seasonal local fruits all within reach of the same kitchen. This is guacamole as a regional expression rather than a universal template.

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Serves4 as a botana
Within reach2of 8 in Vancouver Island

Two in town · six not yet within reach.

How the 8 are reached
In town
2 · salt, to taste, fresh lime juice
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6 · heaped tablespoons white onion, finely chopped, to 3 serrano chiles (Capsicum annuum), finely chopped, avocado pulp (Persea americana), roughly crushed, firm ripe peaches, peeled and finely diced, seedless grapes, halved, pomegranate seeds (Punica granatum)
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The Market List

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2
heaped tablespoons white onion, finely chopped
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2
to 3 serrano chiles (Capsicum annuum), finely chopped
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2 cups / 500 ml
avocado pulp (Persea americana), roughly crushed
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¾ cup / 188 ml
firm ripe peaches, peeled and finely diced
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½ cup / 125 ml
seedless grapes, halved
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1½ tablespoons
⅓ cup / 83 ml
pomegranate seeds (Punica granatum)
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The Method

1
Crush onion, chiles, and salt together to a paste using a molcajete or the back of a fork.
2
Stir in the crushed avocado, diced peaches, halved grapes, lime juice, and half the pomegranate seeds. Mix thoroughly.
From the canon — Persea americana is a large-canopied tree of the laurel family, native to the highland valleys of central Mexico and Guatemala, with cultivation extending ac… Avocado →
3
Scatter the remaining pomegranate seeds over the surface.
4
Serve at room temperature.
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Sensory Tests

◇Drag a spoon through the finished guacamole and hold it level — distinct cubes of peach and visible pomegranate arils should remain suspended in the crushed avocado rather than sinking into a homogenous paste; if the fruit has dissolved, the peach was overripe or the guacamole was made too far in advance.
◇Taste a spoonful and track the sequence: fat and grass from the avocado should arrive first, then a clean sweet-acid hit from the fruit in the middle, then the serrano heat finishing at the back of the palate — if the heat leads or the sweetness is absent, the fruit-to-chile ratio needs correction.
◇Press a diced peach cube between your fingers before adding it — it should yield slightly but spring back and hold its edge; a cube that collapses will turn the guacamole watery within minutes and muddy the layered flavour structure.
◇Where it lives or dies. The dish lives or dies on the ripeness and firmness of the peach at the moment of dicing: the fruit must be sweet and yielding to the palate but structurally intact enough to hold a 5–6 mm cube without weeping excess juice into the avocado, which would thin the body and flatten the contrast between fat and acid that is the entire point of this guacamole.
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1897 Amber Ale
Stanley Park Brewing · Metro Vancouver
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Beer
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Beldame
Strange Fellows Brewing · Metro Vancouver
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Beer lager
Without alcohol
OFLORE Lavender Sparkling Fermented Lemonade
Limonades OFLORE
Not yet stocked in British Columbia
Non-alcoholic

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Gathering Place Trading
Vancouver Island · Salt, to taste
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Parksville Downtown Farmers Market · Parksville
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