Purist'S Guacamole - cooking recipe

Ingredients

2 large ripe avocados
1 small white onion
1 bunch fresh cilantro, rinsed and large stems removed
1/2 teaspoon kosher salt

Preparation

Cut onion into small dice.
In a mortar and pestle or molcajete (Mexican mortar made of lava rock), pound onion and salt to a rough paste.
Add cilantro and pound until well incorporated.
Peel and seed avocados, add to mortar, and mash until mixture is a lumpy puree (don't make too smooth a texture).
Place one avocado pit in the center of the mixture and serve from the mortar or molcajete with tortilla chips.
Makes about 2 cups.