Sesame Soba Noodles with Avocado Rose
Usually when I get an avocado in my Boston Organics delivery, I just hope that I'll be able to figure out how to use it before it gets overripe. But this time I knew exactly what to do with it; I was going to attempt an avocado rose! I had first discovered these a few weeks ago thanks to a post on Food52 on the trend taking over Instagram. To make one, slice an avocado in half. You want a ripe avocado, but not one that is so soft it'll be hard to manipulate without smushing. Remove the pit, then carefully peel away the skin. See that little bit of flesh left on the skin below? It ended up being the only blemish on my rose. =( Place on half cut side down on a cutting board and slice the avocado thinly. It helps to use a paring knife since it has less surface area to stick to the avocado than a chef's knife (which I found out the hard way). Start shifting the slices diagonally. Try to make as long of a chain as you can make without breaking it. ...