13692 Dungeness Crab Guacamole with Endive 30 mins 10 mins 3 cups Wed Dec 10 18:52:00 -0800 2008 Fri Sep 04 12:29:30 -0700 2009 Easy Latin Licensed http://www.chow.com/recipes/13692 Fri, 04 Sep 2009 19:29:30 GMT Crab makes guacamole extra indulgent Guacamole becomes even more indulgent with the addition of sweet Dungeness crab. Chefs have a way of making things indulgent in the best possible way. Take this recipe by Jose Garces, for example: Two of everyone’s favorite flavors—crab and guac—combine for a terrific appetizer.

Game plan: To roast the garlic and jalapeño, coat them in vegetable or canola oil and place in a 500°F oven until the garlic is golden brown and the jalapeño skin is blistered and blackened. If you don’t have time for this, don’t worry; the roasted garlic and jalapeño add a nice complexity to the dish, but the guacamole will be delicious regardless.

Special equipment: A molcajete is a Mexican mortar and pestle. If you don’t have one, you can substitute a standard mortar and pestle or a bowl and a large fork or spoon.

This recipe was featured as part of our Suckling Pig for the Holidays menu, as well as our Chile Pepper Recipes and Bar Snacks photo galleries.

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  • Halve avocados, remove pits and skins, and coarsely chop. Place in a molcajete or bowl and add roasted garlic. Mash until only small chunks remain. Add roasted jalapeño, crabmeat, onion, tomato, 4 tablespoons of the cilantro, lime juice, and salt and stir until just combined.
  • Place endive leaves on a serving plate and dollop each with guacamole.
  • Combine remaining 2 tablespoons cilantro and olive oil in a small bowl, season with salt, and stir until thoroughly mixed. Drizzle oil on top of each endive leaf and garnish with a garlic chip, if using.
    • ]]>     http://www.chow.com/assets/2008/12/crab_endive290.jpg Adapted from Jose Garces 53 Starter 96 2 medium ripe Hass avocados

    ]]>     74 3 medium garlic cloves, roasted

    ]]>     58 1 medium jalapeño chile, roasted, stem and seeds removed, and finely chopped

    ]]>     575 1/2 pound Dungeness crabmeat, picked clean of shell fragments

    ]]>     54 1/4 cup finely chopped red onion

    ]]>     109 1 medium plum tomato, seeded and finely chopped

    ]]>     153 6 tablespoons fresh cilantro, finely chopped

    ]]>     44 2 tablespoons freshly squeezed lime juice

    ]]>     301 1/2 teaspoon kosher salt

    ]]>     70 2 heads endive, leaves removed and edges trimmed

    ]]>     1 teaspoon extra-virgin olive oil

    ]]>     Garlic Chips, for garnish (optional)

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