Crab, Mango and Avocado Salad

From McCormick & Schmicks

Posted by Andie Evans

The key is to build a tower using a ring mold (available in specialty cookware stores--or cut the top and bottom off a soup can) to form the salad tower. If you can't find the pomegranate reduction, use a light syrup or boil down pomegranate juice until it makes syrup.

Yield: 4 servings

3/4 c. diced mango
3/4 c. diced avocado
10 oz. canned crab
4 Tbsp. pomegranate reduction
4 Tbsp. chive oil (see below)
1/2 c. micro greens tossed in a small amount of the citrus vinaigrette

To create the tower, place a 2-inch ring mold on a salad plate. Spoon 2 heaping tablespoons of diced avocado into the mold. Layer 2 heaping tablespoons of diced mango on top of the mango. Finish with 1-1/2 oz. of crab meat to fill the mold. Press down lightly to set the ingredients. Keeping your fingers or a spoon on the top of the tower, apply pressure, and gently slide the ring mold up and off the salad. Rinse and dry the mold before moving on to the remaining plates.

Garnish the top of each salad with the micro greens. Drizzle pomegranate reduction, citrus vinaigrette and chive  oil on the plate and around the tower.

Chive Oil
1/2 c. vegetable oil
2 bunches fresh chives

Blend the chives and vegetable oil in a blender for 5 minutes. Place the finished oil in a squirt bottle and set aside. This oil may be made ahead of time.