Grapefruit and avocado make the perfect pair in this cheerful, healthy salad!
Dressed with a light citrus vinaigrette.
Two simple foods that pair perfectly together are grapefruit and avocado.
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Avocado loves the bright splash of acidic citrus, and grapefruit loves the warm richness of avocado.
Sprinkle everything with a citrusy vinaigrette and you have a salad that is delicious as it is pretty!
Serve it alongside a little cracked crab meat or pink shrimp, or just on its own.
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The hardest part of making the salad is segmenting the grapefruit.
Grapefruit are bigger than oranges with thicker membranes making them easier to work with than oranges.
Segmenting them the way we describe here is called “supreming” the fruit.
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It’s actually pretty quick and easy once you’ve got the hang of it.
Or you’ve got the option to just manually peel away the bitter membranes; that works too.
A final note, we’ve included a citrusy vinaigrette to serve as the dressing for this salad.
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Just refrigerate the extra in a jar and save to dress another salad!
Use a sharp knife.
Then use the knife to cut away the peel from the grapefruit, following the contours of the fruit.
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Keep cutting away the peel until the grapefruit is completely peeled.
Use the knife to cut alongside the membranes that separate the grapefruit segments.
(See this useful guide.)
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Arrange slices of avocados and grapefruit segments on a plate on a bed of a few lettuce leaves.
Spoon dressing over the salad.
Elise Bauer
Elise Bauer
Elise Bauer
