Grapefruit-Avocado Salad

Prep: 10min
| Servings: 4 | Cook: T0M
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A grapefruit-avocado salad: flavors united in an incomparable dressing. This creation with grapefruit and avocado always receives a warm welcome.

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Ingredients

  • 1200 g grapefruit (4 grapefruits)
  • 400 g ripe avocado (2 ripe avocados)
  • 2 Spring Onions
  • 2 tsp cardamom pods
  • 0.5 lemon
  • 3 tbsp olive oil
  • 2 tbsp honey
  • 1 pinch piment
  • Salt
  • Pepper
  • 40 g watercress (1 handful)

Instructions

  1. 1.

    Slice grapefruits with a knife thick enough to remove the white membrane.

  2. 2.

    Remove grapefruit segments between the membranes, catching the dripped juice in a bowl.

  3. 3.

    Halve avocados and remove pits. Peel halves and cut flesh into ~1 cm wide strips.

  4. 4.

    Trim spring onions, wash, and slice diagonally into thin rings.

  5. 5.

    Crush whole cardamom pods or released seeds in a mortar. Squeeze half a lemon.

  6. 6.

    Whisk grapefruit juice, 2 tsp lemon juice, cardamom, oil, honey, and piment. Season dressing with salt and pepper.

  7. 7.

    Trim thick stems from watercress. Rinse, dry, and roughly chop.

  8. 8.

    Mix watercress with about one-third of the dressing. Arrange avocado strips, spring onions, grapefruit segments, and marinated watercress on plates. Drizzle remaining dressing over.