Seafood Salad with Creamy Tarragon Dressing

Name: Seafood Salad with Creamy Tarragon Dressing
Total time: 30 min
Yield: Serves 4 as a main-dish salad
Ingredients: 1 pound peeled, deveined medium shrimp (30 to 35 per lb.); ½ pound bay scallops; ½ pound cleaned calamari, bodies cut into 1/2-in.-wide rings and tentacles cut in half lengthwise; ½ cup mayonnaise; 1 teaspoon grated lemon peel; ¼ cup fresh lemon juice; ¼ cup coarsely chopped fresh tarragon; 1 tablespoon Dijon mustard; About 1/2 tsp. kosher salt; About 1/2 tsp. pepper; ½ cup coarsely chopped watercress leaves; ¼ cup drained capers; 1 avocado, pitted, peeled, and diced

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Serve this seafood mix on a bed of watercress or butter lettuce, or as a sandwich in toasted brioche buns or on crusty bread.

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Recipe Summary

total:

30 mins

Yield:

Serves 4 as a main-dish salad

Nutrition Info

Directions

Step 1
Bring a large pot of water to a boil over high heat. Add shrimp, scallops, and calamari. Cover, remove from heat, and let steep just until shrimp are pink on the outside and opaque but still moist-looking in center of thickest part (cut to test), about 3 minutes. Drain seafood and immerse in ice water until cold; drain again.

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Step 2
Meanwhile, combine mayonnaise, lemon peel and juice, tarragon, mustard, and 1/2 tsp. each salt and pepper in a food processor. Whirl until smooth.
Step 3
Combine seafood, watercress, capers, and dressing in a large bowl. Add more salt and pepper to taste. Gently stir in avocado.

Nutrition Facts

Per Serving:

402 calories; calories from fat 43%; protein 42g; fat 19g; saturated fat 2.9g; carbohydrates 16g; fiber 3.4g; sodium 1118mg; cholesterol 338mg.

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Yvonneflo

08/15/2013

So Good and so Easy! I think the recipe is good for 3. 4 if you include bread. Thanks for sharing the recipe.

Moncoeur

01/24/2013

I made this for dinner tonight and it was so yummy! Fresh tarragon is so much better than the dry stuff and it really was a nice compliment to the rest of the salad. I made half a recipe for just me and my husband, but we loved it so much, I wish I would have made the full recipe!

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