Stacked Dungeness Crab Salad...

Stacked Dungeness Crab Salad

I had this salad once at Scoma's......a 45 year old restaurant in San Francisco on the wharf....They are famous for their fresh seafood. They continually win awards, staying current with the most latest trends..

It is a layered salad and for the life of me I can't remember what they called it..I have renamed it, Stacked Dungeness Crab Salad....it goes together very easy....it is a salad that you can prep the components early and put together just before serving....it is just shredded lettuce, diced tomatoes, diced cucumber, fruit salsa, avocado, and crab. The amount of each, depends on how many you are making, I made 4 salads and used about 1/4 cup of each in each layer...lets get started!

I am sure there is a proper cooking tool for this but, I used a mandarin orange can. Just cut out the top and the bottom, wash all including the top lid of the can, you will need this......

you can purchase your crab already cracked,, or crack your own....the price is so much cheaper to just crack it yourself and it just takes a few minutes....have the fish store worker clean it for you and leave the messiest part there, and you are ready to get started......

you will need a salsa for this....a fruit salsa...make it like you want to eat it...I used satsumas, fresh pineapple, cilantro and shallots.....great flavor!

give it a stir and set aside......

you want to dice up a cucumber in a small 1/4 inch dice...the same with a seeded tomato......and set aside.

No picture of the Avocado, but you will want about 2 avocados diced ...

time to assemble.....

place the can on your serving plate...and add your shredded lettuce....about 1/4 cup.....

then add the chopped tomato, chopped cucumber, fruit salsa, avocado and then the.....

fresh crab....it should come up to the top of your can.....now....

put the lid back on and press down, very firmly, as you are pressing down, lift up on the sides of the can, still pressing down and voila! ......

you can see all the beautiful colors! It is so easy and really looks like you did something gourmet!

this has so many flavor bursts, a sauce is not necessary, but a lime served on the side would be great!

Cheers to Happy!