Hotel Del Coronado Gourmet Green Goddess Salad With Fresh Herbs |
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Prep Time: 5 Minutes Cook Time: 7 Minutes |
Ready In: 12 Minutes Servings: 2 |
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A delicious, elegant and healthy salad for two- truly fit for a Goddess! Slightly adapted recipe, courtesy Executive Chef James Footit- of the spectacular world-famous Hotel del Coronado in San Diego, California. / Ingredients:
1/4 cup white balsamic vinegar |
1 tablespoon shallot, chopped |
1 tablespoon dijon mustard |
1/2 cup olive oil |
1 teaspoon cracked pepper |
1/2 avocado |
1 tablespoon snipped fresh tarragon |
1/2 cup watercress |
salt, to taste |
2 cups butter lettuce leaves, washed and patted dry |
vine ripened tomato |
fresh watercress |
12 mussels (or scallops) |
1 -2 tablespoon olive oil |
1 cup fresh cherry tomatoes, diced |
1/2 cup dry white wine |
1 tablespoon fresh basil chiffonade, to garnish |
Directions:
1. Prepare dressing with chopped shallots, Dijon, pepper and white balsamic vinegar- slowly whip in oil. Blend with fresh avocado, watercress and tarragon.
2. Serve dressing over salad consisting of butter lettuce, vine ripened tomatoes and watercress, top with 6 each mussels or scallops sauteed with 1 tablespoon oil and stirred together with 1 cup tomatoes and 1/2 cup white wine.
3. Garnish with fresh basil chiffonade.
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