Saturday, April 14, 2012

Mango Crab Towers

Mango Crab Towers with Mean Green Vinaigrette

Servings: Serves 4
Cook Time: 0 minutes
Prep Time: 20 minutes
ingredients
1/2 cup Mango, peeled and diced (Salad)
1 each Jalapeno pepper, seeded, deveined, and diced (Salad)
1/4 cup Red onion, diced (Salad)
1 each avocado, diced (Salad)
1 tablespoon fresh lime juice (Salad)
4 oz lump crabmeat (Salad)
1/2 teaspoon grated lime zest (Vinaigrette)
1/2 teaspoon grated lemon zest (Vinaigrette)
1 tablespoon fresh lime juice (Vinaigrette)
2 tablespoons Fresh lemon juice (Vinaigrette)
1/4 cup minced cilantro (Vinaigrette)
1 each Jalapeno pepper, seeded, deveined, and minced (Vinaigrette)
1/4 teaspoon salt, or to taste (Vinaigrette)
3 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil (Vinaigrette)
directions
1. Prepare the salad. In a medium bowl, stir together mango, diced jalape?o, and onion.
2. In a small bowl, use a fork to mash avocado with lime juice to combine.
3. Prepare the vinaigrette. In another small bowl, combine all vinaigrette ingredients and whisk to combine.
4. Have ready 4 salad plates. Place a clean mold in the center of a plate to use in forming the towers. Spoon out 1/4 of the avocado mixture into the mold, spreading to the sides. Top that with 1/4 of the crabmeat. Top that with 1/4of the mango mixture. Gently lift the mold and repeat until you have 4 towers.
5. Drizzle each tower with vinaigrette and serve immediately.

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