Smoked Salmon with Avocado, Green Mango, and Basil

Name: Smoked Salmon with Avocado, Green Mango, and Basil
Yield: makes 4 sandwiches
Ingredients: 1 small unripe mango, peeled and julienned; Juice from 1/2 lime; Kosher salt; 8 thin slices Pullman white bread; 1 ripe avocado, halved, pitted, peeled, and sliced; Drizzle of extra-virgin olive oil; Freshly ground black pepper; 8 ounces smoked salmon, thinly sliced; 12 to 16 basil leaves

December 9, 2011

We use unripe mango here as one would a vegetable. Be sure that the mango is still hard to the touch (you should not be able to put a dimple in it) so you can then julienne it. Adding a bit of lime enhances the mango’s freshness.

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