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Crab Tower With Avocado and Mango Salsas

Crab Towers are three salads stacked into one: crab salad, mango salsa salad and avocado salad.
Course Salads and Veggies
Cuisine American Latin Fusion
Prep Time 30 minutes
Total Time 30 minutes
Servings 4 servings

Equipment

  • Sushi tower or biscuit cutter
  • Cutting board and knife

Ingredients

  • Crab Ingredients
  • 1 lb Lump Crab Meat
  • 1 tbsp Mayonnaise
  • 1/4 cup Capers
  • 1 tbsp Lemon juice and a little zest
  • 1/2 tsp Old Bay Seasoning or comparable
  • Salt to taste
  • Mango Salsa Ingredients
  • 2 Mangos ripe
  • 1-2 Jalapenos finely chopped
  • 1 Lime juiced
  • 1/2 cup Cilantro or Italian parsley
  • 1/4 cup Red onion finely chopped
  • Salt – to taste
  • Avocado Ingredients
  • 2 Ripe Avocado – 2 chopped finely finely chopped
  • 1 tbsp Lemon or lime juice
  • Salt to taste

Instructions

  • In a medium bowl, whisk together the mayonnaise, capers, lemon juice and spices. Gently fold in the crab meat to the mayonnaise mixture. Set aside
  • Cut the mangos, onion, herbs and jalapeños into very small, confetti size pieces and place in a different medium bowl. Squeeze in the lime juice, a drizzle of extra virgin olive oil, mix and add salt as is needed. Set aside. 
  • Cut the ripe avocados into very small pieces and place in a small bowl. Add the citrus juice (or vinegar), and salt and with the back of a fork, gently mash just a little, leaving some texture to the avocados. Set aside. 
  • To Assemble: In the center of a plate, the salad plate each will be served in, place a 3-inch-wide round biscuit cutter, or 3-inch sushi tower. Place a spoon of the avocado mixture first, pressing with the back of a soup spoon to make it firmly in place and level. Do the same with the crab mixture. Finish the final level with the mango mixture. Gently, with the back of a spoon, press down on the top of each crab tower gently while lifting the ring mold or tower so that the tower is beautifully stacked and firmly in place. Follow through with the remaining servings. 

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Notes

  • For added color on the plate, finely cut cubes of red bell pepper, yellow bell pepper, or a firm Roma tomato and scatter around the crab tower, perhaps a few micro greens.