Avocado Pink Grapefruit And Roquefort Salad Recipes

AVOCADO AND GRAPEFRUIT SALAD

Steps:

• Place the mustard, lemon juice, salt, and pepper in a small bowl. Slowly whisk in the olive oil until the vinaigrette is emulsified.
• Before serving, cut the avocados in 1/2, remove the seeds, and carefully peel off the skin. Cut each half into 4 thick slices. Toss the avocado slices in the vinaigrette to prevent them from turning brown. Use a large, sharp knife to slice the peel off the grapefruits (be sure to remove all the white pith), then cut between the membranes to release the grapefruit segments.
• Arrange the avocado slices around the edge of a large platter. Arrange the grapefruit segments in the center. Spoon the vinaigrette on top, sprinkle with salt and pepper, and serve.

AVOCADO, GRAPEFRUIT, AND WATERCRESS SALAD WITH ROQUEFORT AND PAPRIKA DRESSING

Steps:

• With a serrated knife cut the zest and pith from the grapefruits and working over a bowl cut the flesh into sections, discarding the membranes and reserving 6 tablespoons of the juice. Peel and pit the avocados and cut them into 12 wedges. In a bowl sprinkle the avocados with 3 tablespoons of the reserved grapefruit juice, coating them thoroughly. In another bowl whisk together the remaining 3 tablespoons reserved grapefruit juice, the vinegar, the mustard, the paprika, and salt and pepper to taste, add the oil in a stream, whisking, and whisk the dressing until it is emulsified. In a large bowl toss the watercress with two thirds of the dressing and divide it among 4 salad plates. Top the watercress decoratively with the avocado wedges, drained, and the grapefruit sections, sprinkle the salads with in Roquefort, and drizzle them with the remaining dressing.

PINK GRAPEFRUIT & AVOCADO SALAD

Steps:

• 1. Place onion in a small bowl of cold water to soak. Set aside. Finely grate 1 tsp. zest and squeeze 2 tbsp. juice from lemon. Whisk the zest and juice, oil, salt and pepper in a large bowl. Peel grapefruit with a sharp knife, removing all peel and white pith.
• 2. Peel grapefruit with a sharp knife, removing all peel and white pith. Working over a medium bowl, cut the segments from the surrounding membranes and let them drop into the bowl. Squeeze the peels and membranes over bowl to extract all the juice before discarding them. Halve, peel and pitavocado. Cuth lenghtwise into 1/4 inch thick slices, then cut the slices in half. Gently stir the avocado and pomegranate seeds into the grapefruti mixture.
• 3. Finely slice basil and drain the onion; gently stir into rhe grapefruit mixture. Arrange lettuce leaves on 4 salad plates, top with the grapefruit mixture and serve immediately.

AVOCADO, PINK GRAPEFRUIT AND MACHE SALAD

Steps:

• For the mustard vinaigrette:.
• In the salad bowl, mix mustard well with oil; add juice and continue to blend until thoroughly blended.
• For the salad:.
• Peel, section and de-membrane the grapefruit and place in salad bowl.
• Add sliced avocado and a few handfuls of mache leaves or greens.
• Toss gently.
• Salt to taste.
• Sometimes I simply halve the grapefruit and scoop out the sections with a grapefruit spoon. This is messier and less attractive than carefully removing all the membranes of each grapefruit section, but it saves a little time.