Best 11 Avocado And Grapefruit Salad With Pomegranates And Pistachios Recipes

AVOCADO, GRAPEFRUIT, AND POMEGRANATE SALAD

Steps:

• Combine greens, endive, radicchio, and lettuce in a large bowl; add avocado and haricot vert.
• Remove peel and pith from grapefruit using a sharp paring knife. Working over a medium bowl to catch the juice, carefully cut between membranes to remove segments, and coarsely chop. Squeeze remaining membrane to extract juice; reserve.
• To make the vinaigrette, whisk together reserved grapefruit juice, mustard, sugar, salt, and pepper in a medium bowl; add chopped grapefruit. While whisking constantly, add olive oil in a slow and steady stream until combined. Pour vinaigrette over salad and toss gently to coat. Transfer to a serving platter. Garnish with pomegranate seeds. Serve immediately.

AVOCADO AND GRAPEFRUIT SALAD

Steps:

• Place the mustard, lemon juice, salt, and pepper in a small bowl. Slowly whisk in the olive oil until the vinaigrette is emulsified.
• Before serving, cut the avocados in 1/2, remove the seeds, and carefully peel off the skin. Cut each half into 4 thick slices. Toss the avocado slices in the vinaigrette to prevent them from turning brown. Use a large, sharp knife to slice the peel off the grapefruits (be sure to remove all the white pith), then cut between the membranes to release the grapefruit segments.
• Arrange the avocado slices around the edge of a large platter. Arrange the grapefruit segments in the center. Spoon the vinaigrette on top, sprinkle with salt and pepper, and serve.

AVOCADO AND GRAPEFRUIT SALAD WITH POMEGRANATES AND PISTACHIOS

Steps:

• Toss the onion rings with the vinegar and set them aside in the refrigerator.
• Wash salad mix, spin dry, then wrap in a towel and refrigerate until ready to use.
• Cut the pomegranate into quarters, then break out about 1/2 cup of the seeds. Working in the sink, gently squeeze a tablespoon or so of juice from the remaining pomegranate and set it aside.
• Peel and section the grapefruits.
• Neatly peel and thinly slice the kiwi.
• Peel and cut the avocados into neat chunks.
• To make the dressing, combine the zest, 1/4 cup tangelo juice plus 1 tablespoon pomegranate juice, and 1/4 teaspoon salt, then whisk in the oil.
• Loosely arrange the salad greens on a plate with the grapefruit sections (minus their juice).
• Add the kiwi, avocado, and onions, which will be pickled by now, then pour the dressing over all.
• Season with pepper and garnish with the pistachio nuts.

AVOCADO AND GRAPEFRUIT SALAD

Steps:

• Place lettuce on two salad plates. Section the grapefruit over a bowl to reserve juice. Arrange grapefruit sections and avocado slices on lettuce. , In a small bowl, whisk the oil, vinegar, honey, salt and 1-1/2 teaspoons reserved grapefruit juice. Drizzle over salads; serve immediately.

GRAPEFRUIT AND AVOCADO SALAD WITH GINGER-CASSIS DRESSING

Steps:

• Whisk first 5 ingredients in small bowl to blend. Season dressing very generously with salt and pepper.
• Cut off peel and white pith from grapefruits. Cut each grapefruit crosswise into 4 slices, then cut each slice crosswise in half. Arrange lettuce leaves on platter, tearing large ones in half. Top with grapefruit and avocado. Drizzle with dressing; sprinkle with salt and pepper.

RED GRAPEFRUIT, AVOCADO AND POMEGRANATE SPINACH SALAD

Steps:

• Brush avocado slices with lime juice.
• Arrange 1.5 cups spinach on each of 6 small plates; top each serving with avocado slices and grapefruit sections.
• Combine sugar, vinegar, mustard, and salt in a small bowl; whisk until sugar dissolves. Gradually add oil, stirring well with a whisk. Stir in poppy seeds.
• Drizzle 1.5 t dressing over each salad.
• Sprinkle each with 1/2 t sunflower seeds and about 1 T pomegranate seeds.

GRAPEFRUIT POMEGRANATE SALAD WITH AVOCADO

Steps:

• Toss salad greens with radicchio; place on platter.
• Top with all remaining ingredients except vinaigrette.
• Drizzle with vinaigrette just before serving.

GRAPEFRUIT AVOCADO SALAD

Steps:

• In a small bowl, whisk the first seven ingredients. On four salad plates, arrange the lettuce, grapefruit, onion, and avocado. Drizzle with dressing.

PINK GRAPEFRUIT, AVOCADO AND POMEGRANATE SALAD WITH NASTURTIUM FLOWERS

Steps:

• Peel grapefruits with a sharp knife, cutting away all white pith. Cut between membranes into individual segments, and place in a bowl along with any juices. Halve avocados, removing peel and pits. Slice into thin wedges and add to bowl with basil. Cut pomegranate crosswise. Holding a half cut-side down over bowl, hit the back side until all seeds have been released, then repeat with other half. Season with salt to taste, and toss lightly.
• In a small bowl, whisk together vinegar, olive oil, mustard and pomegranate molasses, and season with salt to taste. Toss salad with dressing. Divide among individual plates, sprinkle with sumac and garnish with nasturtium flowers.

AVOCADO AND GRAPEFRUIT SALAD

Steps:

• Whisk first 3 ingredients in small bowl to blend. Gradually whisk in both oils. Season dressing to taste with sea salt and pepper.
• Arrange lettuce on platter. Top with avocado and grapefruit, then dressing.
• Milder than vinegar, verjus is a tart juice made from unripe grapes; available at specialty foods stores and from chefshop.com and terrasonoma.com.

AVOCADO-GRAPEFRUIT SALADS

Steps:

• Brush 2 teaspoons lemon juice over flesh of avocados; set aside.
• Remove peel and pith from grapefruit using a sharp paring knife. Working over a medium bowl to catch the juice, carefully carve out segments from between membranes. Transfer grapefruit segments to a small bowl; set aside. Reserve juice in bowl.
• Add 1/4 cup lemon juice, the salt, and tarragon to the grapefruit juice; season with pepper. Whisk in oil in a slow, steady stream. Add grapefruit sections; toss gently just to coat.
• Place each avocado half on a plate. Top with grapefruit mixture, dividing evenly. Garnish with tarragon. Serve with lime wedges.