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Lobster, basil, mango and avocado salad
Photo: Anna Pelzer

Lobster, basil, mango and avocado salad

22 ingredients 30 min Serves 4 openrecipes

A summery salad that’s perfect for a lunch treat – the fresh ingredients really let the sweetness of the lobster shine.

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Estimated Nutrition (whole recipe, rough)

1036
Calories
45g
Protein
38g
Fat
137g
Carbs

Counts 13 of 18 ingredients — the other 5 aren't in our nutrition table and contribute nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume — 13 portions →
Ingredient Portion assumed kcal
Flour 1 cup (125g) all-purpose 455
Avocado 1 medium (150g) 240
Olive Oil 1 tbsp (14g) 119
Shrimp 100g cooked 99
Onion 1 medium (110g) 44
Plum 1 medium (66g) 30
Tomato 1 medium (123g) 22
Lime juice of 1 lime (44ml) 11
White Pepper 1 tsp ground (2.3g) 6
Lettuce 1 cup shredded (36g) 5
Watercress 1 cup (34g) 4
Basil 5 leaves fresh (2.5g) 1
Salt 1 tsp (6g) 0
Water not in our table 0
Coriander not in our table 0
Radicchio not in our table 0
Chard not in our table 0
Chervil not in our table 0

Totals for the whole recipe, adding one typical portion per ingredient — listed above. Quantities in the recipe are not counted, so this is a rough guide only — not suitable for medical or dietary planning.

Ingredients

  • 1 live Scottish lobster
  • 50g/2oz self-raising flour
  • 1 tsp baking powder
  • pinch salt
  • ice-cold sparkling water
  • , for deep frying vegetable oil
  • 2 large limes
  • 2 mangoes
  • 1 bunch fresh basil
  • 5-6 tbsp olive oil
  • 2 avocados
  • 2 plum tomatoes
  • 2 spring onions
  • salt and freshly ground white pepper
  • 1 tbsp chopped fresh coriander
  • 1 head baby radicchio
  • 25g/1oz watercress
  • 1 small punnet red chard
  • 1 small punnet mache or (lamb's lettuce
  • 1 small head frisee
  • 1 small bunch fresh chervil
  • segments, to garnish lime

Directions

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By bbcfood · Recipe sourced from openrecipes

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