Serves:

4

Description:

This avocado antipasto is an ideal starter or delicious for a nutritious quick snack or a light meal.

Ingredients:

• 2 avocados, cut in half lengthways, pip removed
• 4 small lettuce leaves (see Tip)
• 1 navel orange, peeled and sliced thinly
• 1/5 small Red Onion, sliced thinly
• 12 small mint leaves

Dressing:

• 2 tbsp extra virgin olive oil
• Juice of 1/2 orange
• Coarsely ground black pepper

Method:

1. Arrange avocado halves on serving plates and put a small lettuce leaf in hollow of each avocado.
2. Arrange thin slices of peeled orange in lettuce, then top with finely sliced Red Onion and small mint leaves.
3. To prepare dressing: combine olive oil with orange juice and pepper in a screw topped jar and shake until combined.
4. Drizzle over avocados and serve at once.

Tip:

• To prevent browning, immediately sprinkle avocado halves with lemon or lime juice.
• For the lettuce, try using radicchio, which is a rich crimson colour and has a lovely bitter edge.

Recipe by: Vikki Leng

Website: vikkileng.com.au