Name: Avocado with Hearts of Palm
Ingredients: 3 Ripe avocados; 2 c Hearts of palm; sliced lengthwise; bias cut; 1 Head lettuce; washed & torn; 2 ts Salt; 1 ts White pepper; 1 ts Oregano; 2 Cloves garlic; finely chopped; 2 Sprigs fresh thyme -or-; 1/2 ts Dry thyme; 1 1/3 c Olive oil; 2 tb Red wine vinegar; 2 tb White wine vinegar; 1 tb Parsley; chopped finely

CATEGORY	CUISINE	TAG	YIELD
	New Orleans	Salad	6	Servings

INGREDIENTS

3		Ripe avocados
2	c	Hearts of palm; sliced lengthwise; bias cut
1		Head lettuce; washed & torn
2	ts	Salt
1	ts	White pepper
1	ts	Oregano
2		Cloves garlic; finely chopped
2		Sprigs fresh thyme -or-
1/2	ts	Dry thyme
1 1/3	c	Olive oil
2	tb	Red wine vinegar
2	tb	White wine vinegar
1	tb	Parsley; chopped finely

INSTRUCTIONS

Slice the avocado in half, lengthwise. Remove the seed. Fill with hearts of
palm, and place on a bed of crisp greens. In a shaker bottle, combine the
rest of the ingredients and shake very well. Serve over the chilled salad.
You may mix the greens--romaine, escarole, Boston lettuce, curly endive,
etc., for a nicer touch.
LE RUTH'S
636    FRANKLIN ST., NEW ORLEANS
From the <Micro Cookbook Collection of French Recipes>.  Downloaded from
Glen's MM Recipe Archive, http://www.erols.com/hosey.

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