Avocado Fans With Black Olive Vinaigrette

Submitted by ncmysteryshopper

"I purchased some Black-Olive paste for the Stocking Swap with mama's kitchen (Hope)and of course had to get one for myself. This is a recipe I found and adapted that uses the wonderful paste. The original recipe was by Jimmy Bradley, co-owner of of Chelsea's wonderful Red Cat at The Mermaid Inn."

 

• Ready In: 15mins
• Ingredients: 8
• Serves: 8

ingredients

• 1⁄4 cup extra virgin olive oil
• 4 teaspoons sherry wine vinegar
• 2 tablespoons black olive paste
• 2 1⁄2 teaspoons very finely chopped red onions
• 2 teaspoons very finely chopped fresh basil
• salt & freshly ground black pepper
• 4 ripe Hass avocadoes or 1 -2 large ripe florida avocado
• 1⁄2 lemon, juice of

directions

1. In a small jar or container with lid, shake oil with the vinegar, olive paste, onion, basil and a pinch of salt and pepper until well blended.
2. Halve the Hass avocado or quarter the Florida avocado and remove the pit and peels. Gently hold the avocados and thinly slice crosswise, keeping them whole (do not separate slices). Using a spatula, carefully place the avocado, cut side down, to a platter and gently press each of them to fan out the slices. Squeeze a bit of fresh lemon over the tops and drizzle the vinaigrette on top of the avocados and serve.

Reviews

[Pot Scrubber]

I absolutely adored this dish! I made my own black olive paste by processing some olives with a tsp of olive oil and used cilantro because it is my favorite herb. This was good! I really mean it was good...

 

[Caroline Cooks]

Oh, was this delish!!!!!! I used cilantro in place of the basil to go with a Tex-Mex entree...I made the vinaigrette into a salsa topping, using ingredients in the recipe...YUMMMM!

 

[Kristine L.]

I love avocado, I love balck olive paste, combineing the two just makes it extra special... its a beautiful mix of flavours and textures... thankyou

 

[Rita1652]

Loved this! Boy I`m I glad I made a 1/4 of this because I would have eaten it all! I used fresh parsley in place of the basil. Just because thats what I had. I just know it would have been great with the basil. Cilantro would be yummy in this as well. I made my own black olive paste by placing the olives on a cutting board with a small garlic clove topped with a pinch of salt chopping till almost a paste. Thanks for the delish recipe!

 

[Mamas Kitchen Hope]

Tangy, olive-y and yummy! This vinagrette would be great over greens - thinned with some extra vinegar and oil and maybe a splash of fresh lemon or lime juice. Loved the fresh basil and the salty blackolive paste! fantastic!