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Avocado with Prawns and Balsamic Dressing

Updated 26 May 2019 Published 21 November 2012 37 Comments

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Avocado with Prawns and Balsamic Dressing

Today I’m sharing with you a recipe for Avocado with Prawns and Balsamic Dressing! When I lived at home my mum would always make a starter of halved avocado filled with prawns and a garlic French dressing for special occasions. I decided to bring this starter up to date by fanning the slices onto a plate and using Balsamic instead of white wine vinegar and walnut instead of olive oil.

The marriage of avocado, prawns, garlic and balsamic vinegar are a match made in heaven. I hadn’t made this dish for years and on giving it to my husband for lunch the other day he was extremely pleased and said “this really works”. If you can push the boat out for the Walnut Oil it’s well worth it as it goes so well and I also use it to make cakes with instead of olive oil, otherwise just use olive oil! (I must admit I bought mine in a sale!)

Avocado with Prawns and Balsamic Dressing makes the perfect light lunch served with granary bread and butter or would be great as a starter at Christmas and any leftover dressing is excellent on salad. There is probably enough dressing for 8 servings if you are scaling this recipe up.

I am entering this dish into Javelin Warrior’s Made with Love Mondays Challenge.

Made with Love Mondays, hosted by Javelin Warrior

First make the dressing by shaking all the ingredients together.

Then prepare the avocado. I was sent the Oxo Good Grips 3-in-1 avocado slicer this week and it worked a treat. It cuts, stones and slices, a fab gadget!

Arrange the avocado slices in a fan shape.

Arrange the prawn on top and pour on the dressing.

Enjoy!

Enjoy with some buttered wholemeal bread!

Disclaimer: I was sent the Oxo Good Grips 3 in 1 Slicer and have not received any payment from Oxo.

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Avocado with Prawns and Balsamic Dressing

A quick and simple but impressive starter of avocado, prawns and a garlic balsamic dressing.
Course Light Lunch, Starter
Cuisine English
Prep Time 10 minutes minutes
Total Time 10 minutes minutes
Servings 2
Author Camilla

Ingredients

  • 1 Avocado
  • 60 g Frozen prawns thawed
  • For Balsamic Dressing:
  • 4 Tbsp Walnut oil
  • 2 Tbsp Balsamic vinegar
  • 2 Cloves garlic crushed
  • 2 Small pinches sea salt flakes
  • Freshly ground pepper

Instructions

  • Put all the dressing ingredients into a salad dressing shaker, season to taste and shake vigorously.
  • Prepare avocado by cutting in half, removing stone, skinning and cutting into slices.
  • Arrange avocado slices on plates or small dishes.
  • Decorate with the prawns and then pour over as much dressing as you wish.
  • Serve with buttered wholemeal bread.

Notes

Use the leftover dressing for your salads as this will make enough for about 8 servings.

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  1. Paul Wilson

    02/07/2015 at 12:21 am

    Great combination.

    Reply
    • Camilla

      02/07/2015 at 10:36 am

      Thanks Paul, one which I’ve been eating for decades and daughter loves it too:-)

      Reply
  2. Anne Dalzell

    11/11/2014 at 11:26 pm

    I’ve only just started eating avocado as the colour put me off. It’s a fantastic veg to work with and my little 9mth old girl loves it.

    Reply
    • Camilla

      11/11/2014 at 11:34 pm

      Yes I used to give it to mine and with mashed banana – so good for them:-)

      Reply
  3. Kirsty Fox

    29/09/2014 at 8:15 pm

    This looks delicious, I love prawns they are one of my faves!

    Reply
    • Camilla

      30/09/2014 at 4:28 pm

      Same here:-)

      Reply
  4. Elizabeth

    14/08/2014 at 3:40 pm

    Still not sure about prawns (I really need to get over that aversion) but this does sound like a lovely starter!

    Reply
    • Camilla

      15/08/2014 at 6:15 pm

      Oh they are so lovely, you really need to conquor this one:-)

      Reply
  5. Paul Wilson

    07/07/2014 at 12:07 am

    Love the avocado slicer.

    Reply
  6. Ursula Hunt

    06/06/2014 at 2:02 pm

    Great summer lunch

    Reply
  7. Ursula Hunt

    18/02/2014 at 3:05 pm

    Great Starter

    Reply
  8. Paul Wilson

    29/01/2014 at 3:43 pm

    I bet the balsamic gives it some zing.

    Reply
  9. Tracy Nixon

    19/01/2014 at 6:38 am

    This is a wonderful combination – I have it as a starter at a local restaurant!

    Reply
  10. Helen Allan

    10/01/2014 at 2:50 pm

    Prawns are always popular with my boys but whilst I don’t eat them, I do love avocado so this would be a great starter for all of us to enjoy with a special meal. I could simply substitute the prawns for ham or something similar for myself.

    Reply
    • Camilla

      10/01/2014 at 3:23 pm

      Or just leave out altogether you don’t need the prawns for it to still be delicious:-)

      Reply
  11. Maya Russell

    15/11/2013 at 6:10 am

    I bought and avocado slicer and avocado keeper for a friend of mine who eats loads of avocados. She says they are so useful.

    Reply
  12. Lisa Williams

    02/11/2013 at 10:15 am

    you always come up with such fab flavour combinations this is such a great idea 🙂

    Reply
    • Camilla

      02/11/2013 at 11:24 pm

      Aah, thank you:-)

      Reply
  13. Maya Russell

    20/10/2013 at 5:15 am

    Walnut oil is very good for you. As part of a healthy diet it may help prevent heart disease.

    Reply
  14. Ursula Hunt

    18/10/2013 at 2:35 pm

    Love Avocado, this looks lovely

    Reply
  15. Paul Wilson

    27/09/2013 at 1:43 am

    This looks very nice.

    Reply
  16. cobweblil

    21/09/2013 at 10:13 pm

    I love Prawns but that’s it. Looks nice though

    Reply
  17. Heather Haigh

    14/09/2013 at 12:47 pm

    Love prawns and avacado, and recipes that don’t take too long, will definately give this a go.

    Reply
  18. Carla Hovell

    02/09/2013 at 2:05 pm

    Gave it a go. My 9 year old son loved it!

    Reply
  19. Maya Russell

    15/07/2013 at 5:11 pm

    It really looks delicious. Great combination.

    Reply
  20. Javelin Warrior

    25/11/2012 at 3:43 pm

    Thanks so much for sharing this delicious appetizer with Made with Love Mondays – I love the contrast in color and texture between the avocado and prawns…

    Reply
    • Camilla

      25/11/2012 at 4:14 pm

      Thank you Mark always a pleasure to enter your challenge!

      Reply
  21. Karen

    24/11/2012 at 8:14 pm

    A classic is always in fashion and I also love your modem days twist too! I have still got to test my Oxo pineapple corer yet….fun! Karen

    Reply
    • Camilla

      24/11/2012 at 8:27 pm

      Thanks Karen! We must be psychically connected Karen because I was just thinking about the time Oxo offered you the pineapple corer in a tweet and how I hadn’t seen it used on your blog yet – spooky!

      Reply
  22. Laura@howtocookgoodfood

    24/11/2012 at 7:25 pm

    You know these are the flavours I never tire of. I have always loved prawns and avocado for as long as I can remember and pairing them with a rich and nutty dressing is the best idea for these ingredients. I’d like some lovely bread to dip into that sauce…..mopping up the juices is essential!

    Reply
    • Camilla

      24/11/2012 at 7:38 pm

      Thank you for your intelligent appraisal:-)

      Reply
  23. Mich - Piece of Cake

    23/11/2012 at 5:14 am

    I love all the ingredients involved… prawns, balsamic and avocados. I could eat a plateful, never mind the calories…

    Reply
    • Camilla

      23/11/2012 at 9:20 am

      Thanks Mich, I actually think this dish is not that high in calories compared to say prawn cocktail and the fats are good fats from the avocado and walnut oil so very healthy!

      Reply
  24. Jen

    22/11/2012 at 6:53 pm

    I picked up some reduced price avocados a couple of days ago and just waiting for them to ripen up. Not decided what to do with them yet but this is a strong contender. Haven’t had prawns for ages as OH doesn’t like them. Great update on a classic combination 🙂

    Reply
    • Camilla

      22/11/2012 at 9:19 pm

      Sometimes you just have to make what you want or you’d never eat it Jen. I know this from experience!

      Reply
  25. Jacqueline @How to be a Gourmand

    22/11/2012 at 7:33 am

    A classic starter with a lovely twist Camilla – don’t think I’ve tried walnut and balsamic together.
    I must say your avocado slices are very nicely presented. Half the time when I cut them the ends get a wee bit squidgy. Looks like you are making good use of your gadget 🙂

    Reply
    • Camilla

      22/11/2012 at 10:59 am

      Thank you Jacqueline, the walnut oil really married off well with the avocado and has such a smooth subtle flavour. I’m loving the gadget as my daughter loves avocado so it goes in most salads we have as she’s not keen on tomatoes or lettuce!

      Reply

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