Experience Nutrition: Farm-to-Table Spring Avocado Tartare

By Melanie Albert, Founder & CEO Experience Nutrition, Intuitive Cooking Expert, and Award-Winning Cookbook Author

I love avocados, and often when I buy several at a time I love making Avocado Tartare with the avocados and local Arizona farmers’ produce and fresh herbs. As part of my mindfulness in cooking, I love having fun creativity plating the dishes differently every time I make Avocado Tartare.

I invite you to use the ingredients in the recipe as a guide and then have fun creating your own Avocado Tartare with your local farmers produce.

A few key base ingredients include: a ripe avocado, citrus such as lemon or lime, a few fresh herbs like basil or oregano, a pinch of sea salt to balance the acid of the citrus and fat of the avocado.

Avocado Tartare Recipe

Serves 1

Simple Ingredients

• 1 ripe avocado
• 6-8 Romanesco florets (Blue Sky Organic Farm)
• 6-8 Purple cauliflower florets (Blue Sky Organic Farm)
• 3-4 Carrots, rough chopped (Blue Sky Organic Farm, Steadfast Farm)
• 3 orange lunchbox sweet peppers, rough chopped
• 5-6 chrysanthemum leaves (Soil & Seed Garden at The Farm at South Mountain)
• 3-5 stems fresh oregano (Soil & Seed Garden at The Farm at South Mountain)
• 1 fresh lime, juiced
• ¼ tsp capers
• 2 tbsp Kalamata olives
• Pinch sea salt
• Day 2: 6-8 Purple Snap Peas (Soil & Seed Garden at The Farm at South Mountain)
  
• Garnish: 1 small bunch baby spinach, edible flowers, fresh oregano, dehydrated tomatoes (Day 2)

Simple Steps

• Chop all veggies.

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• Place all ingredients, except garnish, in a bowl.

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• Gently mix with a fork.
• Add additional sea salt or lime, to suit your taste.
• Plate, using a ring mold, if desired.
• Garnish with edible flowers, fresh herbs, dehydrated tomatoes, fresh baby spinach.

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Let’s take a look a the plating video…

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Now, the final Spring Avocado Tartare, featuring baby spinach.

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Another look at the Spring Avocado Tartare…in my 1-week old Elevated Edible Garden.

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Spring Avocado Tartare Day 2: Simple Farm-to-Table Ingredients

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Simple Steps

• Chop all veggies.

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  Place all ingredients, except garnish, in a bowl.

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• Gently mix with a fork.
• Add additional sea salt or lime, to suit your taste.
• Plate and garnish.

All set: Plating Mise en Place

Enjoy the Day 2 plating…different every time.

Food Art: A look at the Day 2 Avocado Tartare elegant plate…

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Pause and enjoy your plating. Another beautiful view of the Day 2 Avocado Tartare.

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Fun. Taking the Avocado Tartare to the tropics…

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