Avocado and Seafood Cocktail Recipe
Ingredients
| Firm ripe avocados - 3 | ||
| Lemon juice - to taste | ||
| Whipped cream or mayonnaise - 3 tablespoons | ||
| Salt | 1 To taste | |
| Cayenne pepper | 1 To taste | |
| Flaked salmon or crabmeat or cooked prawns or cooked lobster, chopped - 1 cup | ||
| Parsley - as required, chopped finely | ||
| Lemon slices - few | ||
Directions
GETTING READY
1) Halve each avocado lengthwise, discard the seeds and scoop out most of the pulp leaving firm avocado shells.
2) Brush lemon juice inside each avocado shell to prevent discolouring.
MAKING
3) In a bowl, mash the flesh with a fork and combine with the whipped cream or mayonnaise.
4) Season with salt and cayenne pepper to taste.
5) At this stage the mixture should have a whipped cream consistency .
6) Gently fold the flaked salmon or other seafood; mix thoroughly.
7) Spoon the mixture equally in all the avocado shells.
8) Sprinkle the edge of each avocado shell with chopped parsley and garnish with lemon slices.
SERVING
9) Serve the Avocado and Seafood Cocktail thoroughly chilled.
1) Halve each avocado lengthwise, discard the seeds and scoop out most of the pulp leaving firm avocado shells.
2) Brush lemon juice inside each avocado shell to prevent discolouring.
MAKING
3) In a bowl, mash the flesh with a fork and combine with the whipped cream or mayonnaise.
4) Season with salt and cayenne pepper to taste.
5) At this stage the mixture should have a whipped cream consistency .
6) Gently fold the flaked salmon or other seafood; mix thoroughly.
7) Spoon the mixture equally in all the avocado shells.
8) Sprinkle the edge of each avocado shell with chopped parsley and garnish with lemon slices.
SERVING
9) Serve the Avocado and Seafood Cocktail thoroughly chilled.
Chef
