Company Alligator Pear

Ingredients

• 2 large
• firm-ripe avocados
• Kosher salt
• 4 tablespoons chopped pitted Taggiasca olives packed in oil
• 1 serrano chile
• sliced
• 1 large lemon
• halved
• 2 cups baby arugula
• 1 1/2 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil

Instructions

1. Cut each avocado in half, remove the pits, and place each half on a salad plate.
2. Sprinkle each half lightly with salt and fill each cavity with 1 tablespoon chopped olives and a bit of the oil in which they are packed.
3. Sprinkle evenly with the sliced chile.
4. Squeeze 1 lemon half evenly over the avocado halves.
5. In a separate bowl, toss the arugula with the olive oil and 1 1/2 tablespoons juice from the remaining lemon half.
6. Sprinkle with salt.
7. Top each avocado half with the arugula salad and serve.