Avocado with Raspberry Coulis

Ingredients:

• ripe avocado (1 per person, or 1 per 2 persons). If the fruit yields to gentle pressure in the palm of your hand, it is ready to be peeled.
• 2½ cups raspberries (1 pound frozen)
• 2 tablespoons raspberry vinegar
• ¼ cup sugar
• 3-4 shallots, minced
• some butter or duck fat
• 1-2 table spoon finely ground/pureed smoked-fish (no skin or bones); Frank uses smoked mackerel.
• ½ -1 tablespoon of your favorite Thai fish sauce - alternatively: 2-3 tablespoons (smoked) fish stock, or veal stock, or chicken, or duck stock; as with all stock, use home made, not the salty garbage from a can or powder); click here to see how to make your own "fumet de poisson" fish stock
• ½ teaspoon ground anise seeds
• 1 teaspoon crushed garlic
• lemon juice