Avocado Salad with Shrimp, Citrus and a Sweet Balsamic Vinaigrette
Light and flavorful, this salad will help keep your “New Year, New You” resolution intact.
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The peel of mandariquats is all edible, so all you simply need to do here is slice them and you’ll be set. Adapted from Uncommon Fruits and Vegetables.
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Avocado Salad with Shrimp, Citrus and a Sweet Balsamic Vinaigrette
Ingredients
Ingredients:
- 1 ½ Tbsp golden raisins look for them in our dried fruit & nuts section
- 1 Tbsp Sigona’s grapefruit white balsamic Mix it up! Try Sigona’s Satsuma vanilla cream balsamic or Sigona’s tangerine balsamic.
- 3 Tbsp Sigona’s Fresh Press extra virgin olive oil
- 1 Tbsp water
- A pinch of salt or to taste
- 4 to 5 kumquats or mandarinquats the peels of both are edible
- 1 head of Butter or Boston lettuce rinsed and dried
- 1 large avocado
- 16 or 20 tail-on cooked and cleaned shrimp (remove tails if desired)
- Black pepper to taste
Instructions
- In a small (non-aluminum) saucepan, mix together the raisins, vinegar, oil, water and salt. Simmer for one minute. Cover and let stand until serving time.
- Thinly slice the kumquats or mandarinquats on the bias; remove any seeds. Set aside.
- Half the avocado and remove the seed. Use a large spoon to remove the fruit from the peel then slice the halves, on a slant, into about 8 slices each.
- Arrange the lettuce on 4 salads plates. Add on a layer of kumquats or mandarinquats, then gently lay about 4 slices of the avocado atop the citrus on each plate. Top each dish with 4 or 5 shrimp.
- Heat the dressing, stirring. Drizzle over the salads. Season with a bit of black pepper. Serve at once.