VCE: Mixed Citrus Salad With Avocado

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Mixed Citrus Salad With Avocado

 

Recipe By : Vegetarian Cooking for Everyone, Deborah Madison, page 168

Serving Size : 4 Preparation Time :0:00

Categories : Fruits Salads, Fruit

Vegetables

 

Amount Measure Ingredient -- Preparation Method

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1 lime

2 tangerines

2 navel or blood oranges

2 ruby grapefruit

2 ripe but firm avocados -- preferably Hass

1 shallot -- finely diced

OR 2 scallions

including an inch of the greens -- thinly sliced

1 tablespoon fresh lemon juice

Salt and freshly milled white pepper

1 tablespoon avocado or olive oil

1 tablespoon chopped mint

1 bunch watercress -- large stems removed

OR 1 head Boston lettuce -- inner leaves of

 

Serve 4

 

Grate the zest of the lime and one of the tangerines. Peel and section the

fruit letting the pieces fall into a bowl. Reserve 1 tablespoon of the

juice and drink the rest.

 

Slice the avocados into the citrus. Combine the shallot with the citrus

zest, reserved juice, lemon juice, and 1/8 teaspoon salt; whisk in the

oil. Pour the dressing over the fruit, add the mint and a little pepper,

and toss gently. Garnish with the watercress or tuck it among the lettuce

leaves.

 

 

 

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