The Mark's Shrimp-and-Avocado Salad
Recipe from Food & Wine

After writer Aleksandra Crapanzano enjoyed this salad in her room at the Mark Hotel in New York, she swore she'd add both the velvety, tangy butter sauce on the shrimp and the earthy, salty-sweet vinaigrette on the salad to her permanent repertoire.


The Mark's Shrimp-and-Avocado Salad
Lucy Schaeffer

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Servings: 4
Prep Time: 50 mins
Total Time: 50 mins
Related Categories: Avocados, Dinner, Fish and Seafood, Greens, Light Dinners, Lunch, Lunch Salad, Mushrooms, Shrimp, Shrimp Salad, Shrimp Salad, Tomatoes
 
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Ingredients
  • 1/3  cup
    Champagne vinegar
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  • 1 
    medium shallot, minced
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  • 1/4  cup
    heavy cream
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  • 5  tablespoons
    cold unsalted butter, cut into tablespoons
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    Salt
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    Cayenne pepper
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  • 3  tablespoons
    truffle juice, or porcini water (see Note)
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  • 2  teaspoons
    soy sauce
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  • 2  teaspoons
    fresh lemon juice
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  • 2  tablespoons
    extra-virgin olive oil
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  • 20 
    large shrimp, shelled and deveined
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  • 6  ounces
    packed mesclun (12 cups)
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  • 3  ounces
    enoki mushrooms, trimmed
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  • 1 
    medium tomato, peeled, seeded, and cut into 1/2-inch dice
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  • 1 
    Hass avocado, sliced 1/4 inch thick
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  • 2  tablespoons
    minced chives
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Directions
1.
In a small saucepan, boil the vinegar with the shallot until evaporated, 3 minutes. Add the cream and simmer over moderate heat until reduced by half. Remove from the heat. Whisk in 4 tablespoons of the butter, 1 tablespoon at a time; return to the heat when the sauce gets cool but do not boil. Season with salt and cayenne.
2.
In a small bowl, whisk the truffle juice, soy sauce, and lemon juice with the olive oil; season the vinaigrette with salt.
3.
In a large skillet, heat the remaining butter. Add the shrimp, season with salt and cayenne and cook over moderate heat, turning, until pink and curled; remove from the heat.
4.
Arrange the mesclun on plates. Top with the enoki, tomato, and avocado and drizzle with the vinaigrette. Whisk the butter sauce over moderate heat until very warm. Arrange the shrimp on the salad and drizzle with the warm butter sauce. Sprinkle with the chives and serve.

NOTE
Porcini water can be substituted for the truffle juice; soak a few dried porcini in very hot water for 10 minutes, then strain.
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