Hotel Del Coronado Gourmet Green Goddess Salad With Fresh Herbs

Total Time: 12 mins Preparation Time: 5 mins Cook Time: 7 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 2
• 1/4 cup balsamic vinegar
• 1 tablespoon shallot, chopped
• 1 tablespoon dijon mustard
• 1/2 cup olive oil
• 1 teaspoon cracked pepper
• 1/2 avocado
• 1 tablespoon snipped fresh tarragon
• 1/2 cup watercress
• salt, to taste
• 2 cups butter lettuce leaves, washed and patted dry
• vine ripened tomato
• fresh watercress
• 12 mussels (or scallops)
• 1 -2 tablespoon olive oil
• 1 cup fresh cherry tomatoes, diced
• 1/2 cup dry wine
• 1 tablespoon fresh basil chiffonade, to garnish

Recipe

• 1 prepare dressing with chopped shallots, dijon, pepper and balsamic vinegar- slowly whip in oil. blend with fresh avocado, watercress and tarragon.
• 2 serve dressing over salad consisting of butter lettuce, vine ripened tomatoes and watercress, top with 6 each mussels or scallops sauteed with 1 tablespoon oil and stirred together with 1 cup tomatoes and 1/2 cup wine.
• 3 garnish with fresh basil chiffonade.