Avocado Salad with Tomato and Radish

Name: Avocado Salad with Tomato and Radish
Yield: Serves 6
Ingredients: 1 large, shallot, sliced thin; 3 tablespoons, red wine vinegar; 1 , garlic clove, minced; 1/2 teaspoon, mayonnaise; , Salt and pepper; 3 tablespoons, extra-virgin olive oil; 3 , avocados, halved, pitted, and cut into 3/4-inch pieces; 12 ounces, cherry tomatoes, quartered; 3 , radishes, sliced thin; 1/2 cup, chopped fresh basil; 3 ounces, ricotta salata, shaved thin

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Vegetables
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Salads

Appears in Cook's Illustrated September/October 2012

Usually tossed into a pile of greens, mild-mannered avocado sinks to the bottom of the bowl like an afterthought. We wanted it in the limelight.

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SERVES 6

TIME 25 minutes, plus 30 minutes soaking

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