Hotel Del Coronado Gourmet Green Goddess Salad With Fresh Herbs - cooking recipe

Ingredients

For the Dressing
1/4 cup white balsamic vinegar
1 tablespoon shallot, chopped
1 tablespoon Dijon mustard
1/2 cup olive oil
1 teaspoon cracked pepper
1/2 avocado
1 tablespoon snipped fresh tarragon
1/2 cup watercress
salt, to taste
The Salad
2 cups butter lettuce leaves, washed and patted dry
vine ripened tomatoes
fresh watercress
12 mussels (or scallops)
1 -2 tablespoon olive oil
1 cup fresh cherry tomatoes, diced
1/2 cup dry white wine
1 tablespoon fresh basil chiffonade, to garnish

Preparation

Prepare dressing with chopped shallots, Dijon, pepper and white balsamic vinegar- slowly whip in oil. Blend with fresh avocado, watercress and tarragon.
Serve dressing over salad consisting of butter lettuce, vine ripened tomatoes and watercress, top with 6 each mussels or scallops sauteed with 1 tablespoon oil and stirred together with 1 cup tomatoes and 1/2 cup white wine.
Garnish with fresh basil chiffonade.