Avocado Stuffed With Crabmeat Maison, Or Cold Crab Salad - cooking recipe

Ingredients

2 large egg yolks
2 tablespoons red wine vinegar
1 tablespoon creole mustard (or 1 tablespoon any coarse grainy brown mustard)
1 teaspoon lemon juice, fresh
1 cup vegetable oil
1/4 cup nonpareil capers, drained
1 bunch green onion, chopped
1 tablespoon parsley, curly, fresh, chopped
salt
white pepper
1 lb lump crabmeat
4 avocados, ripe and soft
creole mustard vinaigrette (see above)
1 head iceberg lettuce, cut into large ribbons
2 large tomatoes, fresh and cut into wedges

Preparation

Crabmeat Maison:
Combine egg yolks, vinegar, mustard, and lemon juice in mixing bowl, and whisk together (until well combined); whisk in oil slowly until emulsified (this might work better in food processor, but I did by hand).
Fold in capers, parsley, and onions, and season with salt and pepper. Chill for 2 to 4 hours.
Shortly before serving, gently fold in crabmeat, taking care not to break any of the lumps; set aside.
Stuffed Avocado Salad:
Slice the avocados lengthwise, and remove the pits. Peel and set the 8 halves aside.
Create a bed of lettuce on 8 chilled plates. Nest the avocado halves in the center of the lettuce covered plates.
Evenly divide the Crabmeat Maison into the cavities of the avocados, forming little mounds.
Add a wedge of the tomato to each plate, and drizzle with the Creole Mustard Vinaigrette.
Serve immediately.