Avocado Filled with Crabmeat

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Yield: 4 Servings

Ingredients:
2 avocados
1/2 pound crabmeat
1 dash hot pepper sauce (opt.)
1/4 cup minced celery
Mayonnaise
Lemon juice to taste
Salt and pepper to taste
Shredded lettuce
4 hard cooked eggs, chopped
4 anchovy fillets
4 strips pimiento
1 lemon, cut in 4 wedges
1 tomato, cut in 4 wedges
Black olives
Parsley sprigs

Herbed Mayonnaise Dressing
1 cup mayonnaise
1 dash tarragon
1 dash chervil
2 tablespoons chopped chives
2 tablespoons tomato puree (or more)

Directions:

1. Herbed Mayonnaise Dressing: Combine 1 cup mayonnaise, tarragon, chervil and chives. Add just enough tomato puree to give dressing a pourable consistency and delicate color. Set aside.

2. Salad: Cut avocados in halves and remove seeds. Flake crabmeat and combine with hot pepper sauce, celery and enough mayonnaise to moisten. Season to taste with lemon juice, salt and pepper.

3. Place avocado halves on shredded lettuce, fill with crab mixture and sprinkle generously with chopped eggs.

4. Garnish with anchovies, pimiento strips, lemon and tomato wedges, olives and parsley. Serve dressing on side.

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