Avocado Salad with Orange and Fennel

Name: Avocado Salad with Orange and Fennel
Yield: Serves 6
Ingredients: 1 , large shallot, sliced thin; 3 , oranges; 3 tablespoons, sherry vinegar; 1/2 teaspoon, hot paprika; 1/2 teaspoon, mayonnaise; , Salt; 3 tablespoons, extra-virgin olive oil; 3 , avocados, halved, pitted, and cut into 3/4-inch pieces; 1 , fennel bulb, stalks discarded, bulb halved, cored, and sliced very thin; 1/3 cup slivered, almonds, toasted; 1/4 cup, chopped fresh parsley; 1/4 cup sliced, green olives

Main Courses
Vegetables
Fruit
Vegetarian
Quick
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.

SERVES 6

TIME 35 minutes, plus 30 minutes soaking

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