Avocado, Grapefruit & Watercress Salad With Roquefort

Total Time: 30 mins Preparation Time: 30 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 1 1/2 grapefruits
• 1 1/2 avocados (preferably california)
• 2 teaspoons red wine vinegar
• 1/2 teaspoon dijon mustard
• 1/2 teaspoon paprika
• 1/2 cup vegetable oil
• 3 cups watercress, packed
• 1/3 cup roquefort cheese, crumbled

Recipe

• 1 with a serrated knife cut the zest and pith from the grapefruits and working over a bowl, cut the flesh into section, discarding the membranes and reserving 6 tablespoons of the juice.
• 2 peel and pit the avocados and cut them into 12 wedges. in a bowl sprinkle the avocados with 3 tablespoons of the reserved grapefruit juice, coating them thoroughly.
• 3 in another bowl, whisk together the remaining 3 tablespoons grapefruit juice, the vinegar, mustard, paprika, and salt and pepper to taste, add the oil in a stream, whisking, and whisk the dressing until it is emulisfied.
• 4 in a large bowl toss the watercress with two thirds of the dressing and divide it amoung 4 salad plates. top the watercress decoratively with the avocado wedges, drained, and the grapefruit sections, sprinkle the salads with the roquefort, and drizzle them with the remaining dressing.