Shrimp And Avocado Salad With Grapefruit Vinaigrette

Serves: 2

Presley Zulauf

1 January 1970

Based on User reviews:

58

Spice

53

Sweetness

51

Sourness

40

mins

Prep time (avg)

4.5

Difficulty

Ingredients:

1 tbsp

Vegetable Oil

1

Pink

Directions:

1

Make vinaigrette: Whisk together vinaigrette ingredients with salt and pepper to taste

2

Whisk together vinaigrette ingredients with salt and pepper to taste

3

Assemble salad: Cut peel, including all white pith, from fruit with a sharp paring knife and cut segments free from membranes

4

Halve enough grapefruit segments to measure 1 1/2 cups (reserve any remaining segments for another use)

5

Coarsely chop hazelnuts

6

Melt butter in a 12-inch nonstick skillet over moderate heat until foam subsides, then cook hazelnuts with salt and pepper to taste, stirring, until a shade darker, about 5 minutes

7

Transfer nuts to paper towels to cool, reserving skillet

8

Quarter avocados lengthwise, then pit and peel

9

Cut lengthwise into 1/4-inch-thick slices

10

Drizzle with lime juice and season with salt and pepper

11

Pat shrimp dry and season with salt and pepper

12

Heat oil in skillet over moderately high heat until hot but not smoking, then sauté shrimp, turning them, until golden and just cooked through, about 3 minutes

13

Toss together spinach, half of grapefruit segments, and half of vinaigrette with salt and pepper to taste

14

Arrange avocados and remaining grapefruit on 4 plates and top with shrimp, salad, and sprouts

15

Spoon remaining vinaigrette over salad and sprinkle with nuts

16

Cut peel, including all white pith, from fruit with a sharp paring knife and cut segments free from membranes

17

Halve enough grapefruit segments to measure 1 1/2 cups (reserve any remaining segments for another use)

18

Coarsely chop hazelnuts

19

Melt butter in a 12-inch nonstick skillet over moderate heat until foam subsides, then cook hazelnuts with salt and pepper to taste, stirring, until a shade darker, about 5 minutes

20

Transfer nuts to paper towels to cool, reserving skillet

21

Quarter avocados lengthwise, then pit and peel

22

Cut lengthwise into 1/4-inch-thick slices

23

Drizzle with lime juice and season with salt and pepper

24

Pat shrimp dry and season with salt and pepper

25

Heat oil in skillet over moderately high heat until hot but not smoking, then sauté shrimp, turning them, until golden and just cooked through, about 3 minutes

26

Toss together spinach, half of grapefruit segments, and half of vinaigrette with salt and pepper to taste

27

Arrange avocados and remaining grapefruit on 4 plates and top with shrimp, salad, and sprouts

28

Spoon remaining vinaigrette over salad and sprinkle with nuts