Crab, Avocado, Pickled Ginger And Baby Herbs With Lemon Dijon Vinaigrette
- 400 grams (14 oz) fresh cooked crab meat
- 1 Large or 2 small ripe avocados
- Japanese pickled ginger .
- Assorted live baby herbs. like Machee, Chive, Basil, Red Garnet, Beetroot, Sorrell, Chiso, Coriander
- Lemon Vinaigrette
- Cylindrical tube approximately 7.5 cms (3 inches) across and open on both sides.
- Make the lemon vinaigrette and pour it into a plastic squeeze bottle.
- Carefully pick through the crab meat and remove any remnants of shell your seafood purveyor may have missed.
- Dice the avocado up into 1 cm (1/2 inch) pieces and place in a mixing bowl, (be careful not to bruise it as you cut it).
- Squeeze a little of the vinaigrette onto the avocado and mix until slightly softened.
- Taste for seasoning and add salt & pepper as desired.
- Place your cylinder in middle of the first plate.
- Fill the cylinder with the avocado to about 1.5-2cms (1/2-3/4 inch) high.
- Leaving the cylinder in place, cover the surface of the avocado with one layer of pickled ginger.
- Spoon about 2cms (3/4 inch) high of the crab meat onto the pickled ginger.
- Carefully remove the cylinder.
- Repeat the above process for the remaining plates.
- Cut the live herbs about 1cm (1/4 inch) above the soil.
- Place them in a colander or strainer and shake off any dirt.Place them in a mixing bowl.
- Drizzle a very little amount of the vinaigrette into the bowl of herbs, add a little extra virgin olive oil and toss until nice and glossy but not dripping.
- Dress crab stacks with a little vinaigrette.
- Drizzle a little dressing around each stack on the plate.
- Grab a good pinch of the dressed herbs and holding them tight in your finger-tips place them on top of the crab stack.
- Serve and enjoy
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Taken from www.epicurious.com/recipes/member/views/crab-avocado-pickled-ginger-and-baby-herbs-with-lemon-dijon-vinaigrette-50106578 (may not work)