Sommer Gooi Dip

Last Sunday evening when we had been down to the sports club for a couple of drinks while the dogs and my grandson, Caleb, wore themselves out running and playing on the sports fields I came home and chucked a dip together, just a snack to help fill the hollows before supper was ready. I simply grabbed whatever I could find in the fridge and threw it in the blender, hence Sommer Gooi, which means "just throw" in Afrikaans.

My son-in-law was so taken with it that he's telling our friends when they come to visit about this fantastic dip I made. 

As a consequence, for my sins, I had to try and remember all that went into it…

So here goes…

This one's for you, Craig!

Ingredients:

Flesh of half a large avocado, or a whole one if small

½ an onion, finely chopped

125ml creamed cottage cheese

60ml mayonnaise

60-80ml tomato sauce, 

---- or a whole medium tomato, skinned, deseeded and chopped

10ml roasted red pepper sauce

---- or a quarter sweet red pepper, skinned, deseeded and chopped 

10ml ready-made basil pesto

5ml chopped garlic

3-4 dashes of Tabasco sauce

---- or 2ml chilli powder

Sea salt and freshly ground black pepper

Method:

Throw everything into a blender and whiz it together until smooth, dump it in a bowl and serve with potato or corn chips.