{"id":5014,"date":"2011-09-10T01:01:04","date_gmt":"2011-09-10T06:01:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/winetrailtraveler.com\/blog\/?p=5014"},"modified":"2011-09-09T20:50:45","modified_gmt":"2011-09-10T01:50:45","slug":"shrimp-white-wine-endive-and-avocado-recipe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/winetrailtraveler.com\/blog\/2011\/09\/10\/shrimp-white-wine-endive-and-avocado-recipe\/","title":{"rendered":"Shrimp, White Wine, Endive and Avocado Recipe"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This weekend while relaxing at home, why not enjoy some time in your kitchen and prepare a special meal. Maybe enhance the dinner experience and eat by candlelight.<\/p>\n<p>Cheers! Kathy<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Shrimp, Endive and California Avocado Salad<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Ingredients<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>2 c water<br \/>\n1 c dry white wine<br \/>\n2 t coarse salt<br \/>\n1 dried bay leaf<br \/>\n1 lb medium shrimp, peeled<br \/>\n2 T fresh lemon juice<br \/>\n1 T white wine vinegar<br \/>\n1\/4 c extra virgin olive oil<br \/>\n6 T cr\u00e8me fra\u00eeche<br \/>\n2 T finely chopped shallot<br \/>\n2 T minced fresh chives<br \/>\n2 small Belgian endives<br \/>\n1 ripe Fresh California Avocado, peeled, seeded and diced<br \/>\n1 small head butter lettuce<\/p>\n<p><strong>Directions<\/strong><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Bring water, wine, half the salt and the bay leaf to a boil in a medium saucepan.\u00a0 Reduce heat and simmer for 5 minutes. Add half the shrimp and cook until opaque, about 1 minute. Transfer the shrimp to a plate with a slotted spoon. Cook the remaining shrimp, transfer to the plate and let cool. Cut into 1\/4-inch pieces.<\/li>\n<li>Whisk together lemon juice, vinegar and remaining salt in a medium bowl. Pour in olive oil in a slow, steady stream, whisking until emulsified.\u00a0 Whisk in cr\u00e8me fra\u00eeche. Fold in shallots, chives and shrimp. Cover with plastic wrap and refrigerate for at least 30 minutes.<\/li>\n<li>Separate endive leaves and thinly slice crosswise. Fold endive and avocado into shrimp mixture. Make a bed of lettuce on each salad plate and add a generous spoonful of the shrimp mixture to each plate and serve.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>Author: Mary Bergen, a California Avocado grower<br \/>\nProvided by <a href=\"http:\/\/www.avocado.org\/\">California Avocado Commission<\/a><\/p>\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\" class=\"owbutton\" src=\"http:\/\/www.onlywire.com\/button\" title=\"Shrimp, White Wine, Endive and Avocado Recipe\" url=\"http:\/\/winetrailtraveler.com\/blog\/?p=5014\"><\/script>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This weekend while relaxing at home, why not enjoy some time in your kitchen and prepare a special meal. Maybe enhance the dinner experience and eat by candlelight. Cheers! Kathy Shrimp, Endive and California Avocado Salad Ingredients 2 c water 1 c dry white wine 2 t coarse salt 1 dried bay leaf 1 lb [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[156],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5014","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-the-taste-of-wine"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/winetrailtraveler.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5014","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/winetrailtraveler.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/winetrailtraveler.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/winetrailtraveler.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/winetrailtraveler.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5014"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"http:\/\/winetrailtraveler.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5014\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5019,"href":"http:\/\/winetrailtraveler.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5014\/revisions\/5019"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/winetrailtraveler.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5014"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/winetrailtraveler.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5014"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/winetrailtraveler.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5014"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}