Avocado-Crab Gratinée
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Avocado, crab and cheese. Yum.
Author: Amy Wilson adapted from Hotel Rural La Paloma
Recipe type: Appetiser
Serves: 2
Ingredients
- 1 ripe California Grown Avocado
- Salt and pepper to taste
- 3 Tbsp heavy whipping cream
- 2 oz lump crabmeat
- 2 Tbsp grated Parmesan cheese
Instructions
- Preheat the broiler. Cut the avocado in half. Discard the pit, but reserve the skins. Empty the flesh into a microwave-safe bowl. Mash it with a fork it and add salt and pepper, combining well. Add the heavy cream and the crabmeat and mix well with a fork. If the mixture is too thick, add additional heavy cream.
- Warm the mixture in the microwave for 1 minute. Add the grated Parmesan cheese to the mixture and stir it in completely. Spoon the mixture either back into the two empty avocado halves or into one or two small oven-safe dishes. Sprinkle additional Parmesan cheese on top.
- Bake under the broiler for a couple of minutes until the cheese has browned slightly. Serve immediately.
Recipe by StreamingGourmet at http://blog.streaminggourmet.com/2010/07/29/avocado-crab-gratinee/