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Serves: 2
Time to prepare: 20 mins
Time to cook: 40 mins
Dietary requirements: Egg-free, Halal, Kosher, Vegan (with substitutions)
Ingredients
- 2 medium/large avocados
- ½ small onion, chopped
- 2oz/55g pine kernels
- 1.5oz/45g fresh breadcrumbs
- 2oz/55g Red Leicester cheese, grated*
- 2 tbsp olive oil
- Salt & pepper to taste
Instructions
- Mix breadcrumbs and grated cheese in a bowl.
- Scoop flesh from avocados (leaving sufficient to line the skin).
- Cut flesh into small pieces and put to one side.
- Stir fry onion lightly in the oil, then add avocado and fry lightly.
- Add pine kernels and continue to fry for about 2 minutes, to toast the kernels.
- Season mixture, put into avocado shells, and top with breadcrumb and cheese mixture.
- Bake at 150°C/350°F/gas mark 4 for 30 minutes.
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