Method
1. Make the guacamole:Scoop out the avocados and mash them in a bowl with lime juice. Mix in garlic, spring onion, coriander, chopped mini gherkins, and season to taste.
2. Shape the face:
Spread the guacamole into a rectangular or oval shape on a platter—this forms Frankenstein’s head.
3. Decorate the face:
o Place the whole Mini Gherkins on each side for bolts.
o Use Pickled Walnut slices for eyes, adding a small dot of sour cream in the centre of each for pupils.
o Cut a thin line of red pepper or tomato for the stitched mouth.
o Place blue corn chips or crackers at the top to resemble messy monster hair.
4. Serve with extra gherkins, chips, or veggie sticks.
Ingredients
For the guacamole:
• 2 ripe avocados
• Juice of ½ lime
• 1 garlic clove, minced
• 20g chopped coriander
• 1 spring onion, finely chopped
• 2–3 Opies Mini Gherkins, finely chopped
• Salt and pepper, to taste
• Optional: a pinch of chilli flakes
To decorate:
• 2 whole Opies Mini Gherkins (for Frankenstein’s “bolts”)
• 2 slices of Opies Pickled Walnuts (for eyes – dark and round)
• 2 dots of sour cream or cream cheese (for eye whites)
• A thin strip of red pepper or tomato skin (for the mouth)
• Blue corn tortilla chips or crackers (for “hair”)
