Pineapple & Avocado Salad Recipe

Pineapple & Avocado Salad

• Cook
  20 m
• Ready In
  20 m

Recipe By: Darra Goldstein

“This refreshing, simple Cuban salad recipe captures the flavors of the tropics. Serve alongside spiced chicken or pork, with rice and beans.”

Ingredients

• • ¼ cup thinly sliced red onion, separated into rings
  • Ice water
  • 2 firm ripe avocados
  • 1 medium fresh pineapple
• • 3 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil
  • 1 tablespoon fresh lime juice
  • ½ teaspoon kosher salt
  • Freshly ground pepper to taste (optional)

Directions

• 1 Soak onion in a small bowl of ice water for 15 minutes to mellow the bite.
• 2 Meanwhile, halve avocados and cut each half into slices. Peel pineapple, halve lengthwise into quarters, remove the core and cut each quarter crosswise into slices.
• 3 Whisk oil and lime juice in a small bowl. Drain the onion and pat dry. Arrange half the avocado, pineapple and onion on a serving plate, sprinkle with ¼ teaspoon salt and drizzle with half the dressing; repeat the layers.