Grilled Tiger Shrimp with Chilean Hass Avocado Mousse Recipe

Grilled Tiger Shrimp with Chilean Hass Avocado Mousse Recipe

  • 12 large Tiger shrimp, peeled and deveined
  • 3 ears sweet corn, cleaned, cut and roasted
  • 3 Chilean Hass avocados
  • 1 head romaine lettuce, cleaned, cut into 1-inch lengths
  • 6 white button mushrooms, cleaned and sliced into large pieces
  • 1 large red onion sliced 1/4 inch thick
  • 3 Roma tomatoes, seeded and diced
  • 1 tablespoon light olive oil
  • Salt and pepper to taste
  • 1 clove garlic, minced
  • 1 pinch paprika
  • Any brand Italian or lemon vinaigrette
  1. In a large mixing bowl combine roasted corn, sliced white mushrooms, grilled red onions, diced tomatoes and romaine.
  2. Cut avocados in half, remove all usable flesh from avocados, and puree into a fine mousse. Season with salt and pepper and pinch of paprika. Chill avocado mousse in air tight container.
  3. Have four large plates chilled and ready. Heat a medium-large saute pan over medium-high heat, season shrimp and saute clove of minced garlic in 1 tablespoon of oil. Toss the shrimp a few times in the saute pan and set aside.
  4. Add the vinaigrette to the salad and vegetables. Toss the salad to ensure the vinaigrette has coated the salad evenly.
  5. Make a high and even mound of salad in the center of each plate.
  6. Using a spoon, place three even dollops of the avocado mousse around the plate. Place a shrimp standing on top of each avocado dollop. Place tails of the shrimp to point outwards.
  7. Drizzle residual sauce in the saute pan around the plate.