Avocado Salad with Macadamia Pesto Recipe - Better Homes & Gardens Australia

Avocado Salad with Macadamia Pesto Recipe - Better Homes & Gardens Australia

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Chef and cookbook author Luke Hines embraces the arrival of Shepard avocados by not only teaching people how to use and choose a good Shepard avocado.

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Ingredients

  • SALAD
  • 2 Shepard avocados, halved. TIP: to pick a ripe Shepard press gently at the top, if it gives a little it’s good to go.
  • 1 Lebanese cucumber, halved lengthways and thinly sliced diagonally
  • 120 g (2 cups) alfalfa sprouts
  • 2 radishes, thinly sliced
  • 3 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil
  • 3 tablespoons macadamia nuts, toasted
  • sea salt and freshly ground black pepper to taste
  • AVOCADO AND MACADAMIA PESTO (MAKES ABOUT 250G / 2 CUPS)
  • 1 Shepard avocado
  • 1 bunch of flat-leaf parsley, leaves and stalks roughly chopped
  • 1 bunch of coriander or mint leaves
  • 125 ml (1⁄2 cup) extra-virgin olive oil
  • 3 tablespoons macadamia nuts zest and juice of 1 lemon
  • 1 tablespoon apple cider vinegar
  • 1 teaspoon chilli flakes
  • Generous pinch of sea salt

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