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Avocado with Crab Recipe
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To make Avocado with Crab you will need
Ingredients
| 4 | | Ripe avocados | | 15 | ounces | Crab meat or | | 1 | pound | Fresh crab meat | | 8 | | Tb mayonnaise | | 4 | | To 6 drops Worcestershire sauce | | 1/2 | cups | Finely minced, peeled celery stalks | | | Salt, depending on the saltiness of the crab meat | | 1 | pinch | White pepper | | 1 | pinch | Cayenne or | | 1 | drop | To 2 drops Tabasco | | 1 | | Head iceberg lettuce | | 2 | | Lemons |
Instructions
1. Split the avocados in half lengthwise and remove the pits. With a
melon-ball cutter, gently enlarge the cavity toward the stem end.
2. With a fork, mash the avocado pulp which was removed.
3. Mix the pulp with 4 tbs. of the mayonnaise, salt if needed,
pepper and cayenne or Tabasco. Gently fold in the crab meat and the
celery.
4. Divide the crab mixture among the eight avocado halves.
5. Mix the Worcestershire sauce with the remaining 4 tbs.
mayonnaise. With a pastry bag or a cone made from wax paper, pipe
approximately 1/2 tbs. of the mayonnaise mixture on each filled
avocado half.
6. Remove the outside leaves of the iceberg lettuce. Arrange the
leaves on a serving platter. Cut the inside part of the lettuce into
very thin strips and make 8 small nests on the leaves lining the
serving platter. Place an avocado half on each nest.
7. Cut each lemon in quarters and garnish the serving platter with
the slices of lemon. Serve. If desired, offer additional mayonnaise
separately.
Enjoy your Avocado with Crab
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Sat 9 Aug 2008
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