Imitation
One of my favorite salad combinations are usually those that involve a good dosage of avocado, and cooked shellfish (lobster, shrimp, crabmeat). I played with the actual shape and textured skin of the avocado and brought that into consideration when I was making this avocado salad. Its not hard at all, and its perfect to surprise your guests with. If they don’t like it, a surprised reaction of “WTF” will at least register in their minds. Better to have a strong reaction to something than no reaction at all.
Ingredients for salad; lime, garlic, cilantro, crab leg meat pulled out, sprouts, dried cranberries, red onion for some color.
This is how your salad should look like once its mixed up. Also toss with olive oil and some salt. I kept the dressing really simple, just lime and olive oil. The ingredients speak for themselves.
Do you think we’re done? No not yet. You could serve the salad like this, and it would be passable. But why be passable when you can go nuts with it? Dish is available here; Jayson Home
Mash avocado, and spread it on top of clear wrap. Place the salad inside.
Place it inside where you carved out your avocado. You shouldn’t carve out the whole avocado meat, you should leave a thick skin of avocado.
Crust flavorings; red peppercorn, dried edamame, wasabe sesami seeds, black sesame seeds, sunflower seeds.
Grind them all together.
Drench your avocado shell with the ground up seeds. You can see, I left a shell of avocado that wasn’t mashed to cover the whole thing.
The cutlery featured here is available at Jayson Home
Do you see the layers of the mashed up avocado and the shell that I left hard? You need the outer shell to hold its shape.
Category: Food | Tags: feature 130 comments »
June 23rd, 2009 at 9:46 pm
holy shit that's the most incredible food thing i've ever seen i can't even believe it's real
June 23rd, 2009 at 9:51 pm
i could honestly die on crab meat and avacado alone. this looks like an amazing little package. I really want your cutlery aswell
June 23rd, 2009 at 9:54 pm
Yum… you've made the perfect salad.
June 23rd, 2009 at 10:02 pm
OH MY GOD. that is amazing.
June 23rd, 2009 at 10:21 pm
OMG! I agree with all the comments above, absolutely STUPENDOUS! You are incredibly amazing!
xx
June 23rd, 2009 at 10:23 pm
jaw to the ground. and salivating.
I am having such a crazy avocado eating month – you have read my mind. except my salads look NOTHING like this sadly…
June 23rd, 2009 at 10:48 pm
WHAT. I do not understand.
YOU ARE SO INCREDIBLY CREATIVE WITH YOUR FOOD.
I just found your blog and had to go read through every post you made because I am seriously in love with your photographs and you love for food. Dear god you amaze me!
June 23rd, 2009 at 11:03 pm
you are so fcking crazy… i absolutely loved this. crazy!!!
June 23rd, 2009 at 11:13 pm
motherofgooooooood! you do a post on avocado and i seriously have a heart attack. it is my #1 favorite food. i'm going to try this tomorrow!
June 23rd, 2009 at 11:22 pm
I am as amazed as everyone else here. This is unreal/amazing/delicious looking/beautiful/overwhelming!!!!!!!
June 24th, 2009 at 12:48 am
um, wow. my number one favorite food is a avocado stuffed with chicken and cheese, breaded and fried. this looks like it could possibly top that. amazing…
June 24th, 2009 at 1:16 am
that is absolutely magical. it looks like a jeweled egg, but tastier.
June 24th, 2009 at 1:18 am
I DIE!! this is INSANE!!!! Love ur blog and this post especially!
June 24th, 2009 at 1:24 am
NO, BOO BOO, it wasn't enough to just serve it in the branch bowl, you had to go ABOVE AND BEYOND and slaughter us….
Can I hire you?? My sugadaddy will pay..LOL!
June 24th, 2009 at 1:36 am
I'm sorry– I'm confused. How did you get from the plastic wrapped salad to the whole avocado shape? and where did the plastic wrap go, is it still inside?
sorry for the question. perhaps my shock and awe at this amazing dish has blurred my comprehension!
June 24th, 2009 at 2:24 am
YOU ALWAYS LEAVE ME DROOLIN'!
June 24th, 2009 at 2:28 am
is this even real?!
June 24th, 2009 at 2:33 am
yeah i don't get what you did after the clear wrap..
June 24th, 2009 at 3:09 am
like MAGIC!!
June 24th, 2009 at 3:12 am
too too good!
June 24th, 2009 at 3:20 am
three words. yum. fricken. yum.
June 24th, 2009 at 4:45 am
permission to masturbate
June 24th, 2009 at 4:46 am
damn!
this is the best thing I´ve ever seen!
June 24th, 2009 at 4:52 am
your mom must be proud of you!!!!
i cant believe theres a REAL girl like YOU outthere,not on marthastewart
June 24th, 2009 at 5:13 am
OMG thats incredible
June 24th, 2009 at 5:31 am
oh my goodness. write a cook book woman. get high and wanted.
June 24th, 2009 at 5:59 am
Amazing and I got hungry. Your food always looks so nice and delicious.
but how dit you get the plastic wrap out of the avocado?
June 24th, 2009 at 5:59 am
wow. That must be the most amazing salad I have seen in my life. I must say, perfect timing for this entry…. I just bought 10 avocados for $10 at Whole Foods and now I know exactly what to do with them.
June 24th, 2009 at 6:38 am
really really genious way of presenting and making simple salad… an eye candy i really must say… love it a lot….
June 24th, 2009 at 6:49 am
i am allergic to crabmeat but mate, i want to try this!!!!
this is a complete WTF??? kind of meal! you are brilliant, like you said, you've created a visual experience as well as tasty one.
but i know i would be the idiot who tried to eat the ENTIRE salad… avocado skin included
June 24th, 2009 at 7:41 am
jacquie, the skin was removed for the edible salad! hahaha.
June 24th, 2009 at 8:07 am
Wow You are a freak-in genius definitely trying this ASAP
June 24th, 2009 at 8:57 am
this is disturinglyinsaneaddictive.just how i love it.fascinating.xxo
June 24th, 2009 at 9:09 am
holy sweeet jesus. you just killed it! do you make these creations up or is there some food bible you refer to?
June 24th, 2009 at 9:14 am
*picks up jaw from the floor where it dropped to*I don't know what to say. Please feed me some day, I'll clean up! The cutlery and bowl is wonderful by the way! How did you get the avocado to fit so perfectly and how did you extract out the cling wrap after that? Did you peel the skin after that?
June 24th, 2009 at 10:13 am
that's fucking WOW. wow.
June 24th, 2009 at 10:29 am
This is absolutely gorgeous! Although I seriously can't piece together what happened between the plastic wrap and the avocado shell…
Can you explain how you extracted it?
June 24th, 2009 at 10:33 am
the only words i could think as i scrolled down and down were
oh
my
motherfucking
god
that
is
incredible
you're amazing.
June 24th, 2009 at 10:59 am
TO all you perplexed commentors,
please refresh my post to see your questions answered
June 24th, 2009 at 11:01 am
WOAH. Super super super.
June 24th, 2009 at 12:26 pm
om nom nom…can't read your blog without getting hungry
June 24th, 2009 at 12:52 pm
This looks absolutely amazing! Well done with the description of the process.
June 24th, 2009 at 2:19 pm
Thanks for the add-on, I understand now!
June 24th, 2009 at 2:26 pm
God I love avocado…but I don't eat seafood so I would have an un-interesting (yet tasty for me) salad!
http://fashionroadkill-halifax.blogspot.com
June 24th, 2009 at 2:48 pm
B.e.a.u.t.i.f.u.l.
avocado and crustaceans, what else do ya really need? Amazing presentation!
June 24th, 2009 at 3:15 pm
Your dog probably eats better than i do. This is a JOKE. My big post-yoga treat earlier this week was a ripe whole avocado with salt and lemon. Clearly i need to rethink my strategy and step my game up a bit.
June 24th, 2009 at 3:22 pm
"Fashion isn't just about clothing yourself. Its a dream, an escape, a fantasy, (sometimes a nightmare of endless desire) and one that brings us some happiness in a world where the feeling is as fleeting as ever."
best quote on fashion I've read in a long time! I love it.
June 24th, 2009 at 4:18 pm
Oooh la la. I think I have to visit you some time! This looks sooo good.
June 24th, 2009 at 4:55 pm
Yummy!=D That looks so good, I want it!=D
June 24th, 2009 at 5:08 pm
This is fucking amazing! So hungry right now.
June 24th, 2009 at 5:37 pm
OH YEAH
June 24th, 2009 at 6:00 pm
this looks delicious! and the fact that I love and eat avocado a lot makes it something different to try!
June 24th, 2009 at 7:23 pm
omg. you never fail to amaze me! did you come up with this on your own or did you see this at a restaurant first? if it's the former: when are you going to open up your own restaurant??? if it's the latter: which restaurant???
love the quote "nightmare of endless desire" because it rings true for sooooo many people, myself included!
June 24th, 2009 at 8:24 pm
damn girl. i'm so proud of you.
not only is this blog my fave (among S.O.S, fashiontoast, gnarlitude, jak & jil etc)
but your posts are delicious, nutritious, and ferocious
IN SO MANY WAYS.
I'm just here to say I LOVE YOU, LUXIRARE.
June 24th, 2009 at 9:24 pm
No, what? What just happened? I saw an avocado and suddenly I see amazing beautiful sculptural interesting spice-covered deliciously filled gourmet dish. You, sir, are a genius. x
June 24th, 2009 at 10:06 pm
Amazing! I enjoy reading this post. And i will surely try this one at home..=D Thanks for sharing it, and hope to see more of this.=D
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June 24th, 2009 at 10:10 pm
GODDAMN. i'm an avocado fiend so this post is like a wet dream.
June 24th, 2009 at 11:54 pm
oh my god that some crazy cool astonishing shit you made!
June 25th, 2009 at 4:47 am
Your food is amazing, it is inspiring me to cook more, each piece is like an artwork
June 25th, 2009 at 5:54 am
holy crap, i am totally making this. enough i need this in my diet! what utensils and dishes are you using? i second the reader who likes them!
June 25th, 2009 at 9:11 am
Whoa your food skilz are amazing.
June 25th, 2009 at 10:06 am
sickkkkkkk I m doing this tonight
June 25th, 2009 at 10:26 am
you are amazing!
your blog makes me deliriously hungry…
June 25th, 2009 at 12:35 pm
Y U M M Y!!!!
<3.
June 25th, 2009 at 12:38 pm
looks delicious per usual!
ps. please post the pants. for some reason, i just assume yours are better than the cavallis.
June 25th, 2009 at 12:44 pm
robyn-
maybe i will! Actually mine are more plain and a bit different but I designed them for a pants class last year.
June 25th, 2009 at 5:57 pm
Those avocado looks so yummy. You're so creative. Loc is a big fan of your blog
.
Have a nice day love,
xoxxo
Nini
June 25th, 2009 at 9:13 pm
This salad is amazing! MUST.TRY!
June 25th, 2009 at 11:17 pm
you're genius.
June 26th, 2009 at 1:13 am
I'm inviting myself over for dinner.
June 26th, 2009 at 9:29 am
Can I just quit what I'm doing–move to NY and manage you? You are fucking unbelievable!!!
June 26th, 2009 at 10:35 am
You'd totally pwn the Iron Chefs! My girlfriend and I love your blog and dream of doing the foodstuffs you do when we get our own place!
PS
Your kitchenware is ace!
June 26th, 2009 at 10:38 am
omg, Ah-mazing!!!
June 26th, 2009 at 12:39 pm
you are bat shit crazy. and i like it.
June 26th, 2009 at 2:15 pm
You just made my favorite salad into a work of art. Love it! Just added you to my blogroll.
http://sanfranciscostylephile.blogspot.com/
June 26th, 2009 at 5:38 pm
this and your creativity blow my mind. your are unreal!
June 26th, 2009 at 8:13 pm
I just made this with leftover lobster, and it was the most delicious thing ever
I added some tahini, which made it even more wonderful (imho). Even my sister, who hates avocado, totally stuffed her face.
June 26th, 2009 at 8:47 pm
woah. awesome.
June 26th, 2009 at 11:16 pm
Whoa…that's crazy… awesome post.
xx.
June 27th, 2009 at 8:19 am
Here's me thinking you need to be food presentation designer as well. Your skills are endlessssss
June 27th, 2009 at 9:43 pm
AMAZING! you've truly outdone yourself with this post.
lmao I wish you posted everyday because you're seriously my favorite blogger recently!
June 28th, 2009 at 11:13 pm
this is the a work of art. such masterful food styling. bravo.
June 29th, 2009 at 3:42 am
this looks insanely delicious!
June 29th, 2009 at 8:40 am
why do you sell your A.W. brenda ?:( do you plan to get the new A.W. studded bag ?:D
June 29th, 2009 at 12:11 pm
i'm making this for my birthday party next month – thanks for the recipe! it looks delicious. wondering how many crab legs i should use to feed about 15 people? ideally, i'd like to make a big batch.
was thinking it might also be good between two pieces of good bread.
thanks so much! xo
June 29th, 2009 at 1:59 pm
incredible!!!!
heslington-jacobs.blogspot.com
June 29th, 2009 at 4:49 pm
Wow, that looks amazing. My mouth is watering. I can't wait to make it at home!
June 30th, 2009 at 10:33 am
YOU ARE AMAZING. you warp my brain to no end. this is so mind-jolting i have no more words.
July 1st, 2009 at 10:34 am
just noticed you mentioned the quantities of crab leg already. sorry for my previous question relating to quantity! ; ) xx
July 1st, 2009 at 10:34 am
just noticed you mentioned the quantities of crab leg already. sorry for my previous question relating to quantity! ; ) xx
July 1st, 2009 at 12:37 pm
OH MY GAAAWDDD !! this is the most amazing thing, it looks like utter perfection, so beautiful – yet it makes you want to destroy it to get to the devine crab and treats inside!! LOVE IT
July 1st, 2009 at 7:31 pm
UTTER GENIUS!
July 3rd, 2009 at 9:18 pm
This is genius. Who knew, this is definitely outside the box thinking.
http://www.inkmyfashion.blogspot.com
July 12th, 2009 at 6:00 pm
WOW!!! it looked sooo mouth watering..i have to try and make this one…thank you so much for posting the "how-to"…its a great recipe and food looked artistic..thank you …il go and make myself one..:D
July 16th, 2009 at 12:21 am
holy shit…
- very unique blog. this looks amazing!
July 18th, 2009 at 5:52 am
Amazing avocado!!!! and those twig utensils!!! You're now my favourite blog, an eclectic mix of fashion and fine food.
July 19th, 2009 at 9:07 am
that is AMAZING! im so impressed, your photography is so lush also, am going to go make this today! thank god its sunday so i can!!
xx
July 24th, 2009 at 8:24 pm
Just lovely~
July 26th, 2009 at 1:51 pm
good lord! this is incredible. it sure is hard to be original sometimes, but your whole blog is refreshing and fascinating.
July 28th, 2009 at 3:38 pm
So, the word "genius" is being thrown around here a lot and, um, good. Because it's totally true.
THIS IS INSANE AND AWESOME. I don't think I've had such a strong artistic reaction to food (as in more than just a desire to eat it) ever.
July 29th, 2009 at 1:51 pm
*wipes the slobber off the keyboard*
August 10th, 2009 at 8:31 pm
I just lost my mind.
September 23rd, 2009 at 11:48 pm
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November 16th, 2009 at 8:09 am
Presentation is fantastic. The idea and end result are inspiring and (most certainly) delicious on their own, but I love also the presentation of the whole process. The photos are wonderful. I collect cookbooks, sometimes more entranced by the images than the recipes so I’ve a known weakspot here. You have a new fan!
November 16th, 2009 at 8:36 am
Awesome beautiful and looks delicious! But seriously, where did the plastic wrap go? Definitely skipped over a step that needs some explaining. Thanks. Great stuff.
November 16th, 2009 at 1:11 pm
super amazing! I’ve gotta try this one sometime.
November 18th, 2009 at 9:16 am
This is amazing. I’ve been looking over the images for a good 15 minutes and they’re still amazing. But yes, a little lost as to where the plastic wrap went and want to make these ASAP!
November 24th, 2009 at 9:58 pm
Like many above me… how exactly is the plastic wrap removed? Do you just clamp the the halves together and pull?
Anyway, I am dying to try this as well…. I’m craving avocado!
November 25th, 2009 at 10:09 pm
Must just be me, but this looks like someone ate all those foods and then regurgitated it like a cow eating its cud. Doesn’t look appealing.
December 5th, 2009 at 6:49 pm
If you dipped a stick in cat poop, I would eat it.
December 6th, 2009 at 1:27 pm
I would love to make this, but I don’t understand how the plastic wrap is removed.
Here’s what I think I get. You cut the avocado in half and scoop out a portion of the meat. Add that to the salad on a piece of plastic wrap and place inside the one half of the avocado. Somehow magically remove the plastic wrap and stick the two avocado halves back together. Roll in crust.
What am I missing? How is the plastic wrap removed? I imagine I could simply combine the salad ingredients in a bowl and scoop them into the two halves of the avocado before slapping them back together.
Second question, once you stick the two halves back together, do they stick well? Do you have to worry about them sliding apart?
I’m really looking forward to making this, thanks so much!
December 8th, 2009 at 4:17 am
Fascinating, beautiful, and very tasty-looking! But the directions are lost on me; I’m an avocado beginner. Forget the plastic wrap removal part (I assume that requires magic), how do you peel off the inedible skin after you’ve remelded the “avocado meat shell” with the mashed-up avocado and salad resting inside? Clearly I’m missing something. Maybe you remove all of the meat first, scoop out some of the innermost flesh to use in the mash-up portion of the recipe, and use the inedible skin as just a mold later on and…and… yeah I dunno.
That’s okay though, I’d be delighted to see this in a restaurant and not have to do the work!
December 8th, 2009 at 3:12 pm
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December 15th, 2009 at 8:59 pm
I was stubling through matador’s site which referenced the top five food blogs – he mentioned this recipe, and although this is my very first visit to your site, … Im speechless…
first of all your dishes are amazing – no not the food, but the dishes themselves…then we get to the food photos – wow – you have some talent with that camera, the angles, the lighting – oh did I get to the recipes yet? no…. well the recipe and ingenuity of simply top notch and brilliant…
Bravo, I say… Bravo! Some of the best I have seen in a very long time, as a food blogger and active visitor to other food blog sites, I know…! can’t wait to check out more of your site – and heck, even try a recipe or two~
~Happy Holidays…
Leah
December 28th, 2009 at 10:53 am
Thought I missed some steps until I saw that I wasn’t the only one – what happens between the plastic wrap and melding the two halves together?
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March 13th, 2010 at 2:03 pm
This is the main reason I love luxirare.com. Awesome post.
May 9th, 2010 at 9:30 am
Why is everything posted in caps here?
May 9th, 2010 at 11:08 am
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May 9th, 2010 at 3:04 pm
OH HOLY MOTHER OF MARY! GOD DAMN, THAT IS THE MOST FUCKING DELICIOUS MOTHERFUCKING DISH I’VE EVER LAID EYES ON!! I CAN HARDLY BELIEVE THIS SHIT, LET ME TASTE THAT BITCH.
May 9th, 2010 at 10:47 pm
That is so freakin’ ridiculously awesome I don’t know what to do with myself!!!!
May 11th, 2010 at 12:25 am
Please help! You commented that there’s an “add-on” explaining the missing step from stuffing the mostly-fleshed-out shells… to a complete and edible skinless stuffed avocado. But I don’t see it!
Where are these steps?
I want to make this… but that step perplexes me. Do you chill it?… re-stuff it and put the two halves together?… THEN peel it? o.O
So dying to make this.
May 11th, 2010 at 9:06 am
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May 11th, 2010 at 12:25 pm
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May 11th, 2010 at 7:25 pm
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May 17th, 2010 at 7:51 pm
Why is your entire site in caps? It’s pretty annoying. Also, you weren’t very clear about exactly what you did with the avocado shell.. Please clarify, because I can’t see it in any photos, even though you try to point it out. Is there half an avocado shell? A whole avocado shell with the crust on the outside? I can’t tell what you did.
May 26th, 2010 at 8:30 pm
hello
I mention this recipe and your site on my blog?
thanks
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June 17th, 2010 at 6:41 pm
Could you please point out where the add-on is?
July 8th, 2010 at 3:52 pm
This just made me really hungry LOL