avocado and crab witht marie rose sauce

prep time:  10 minutes
servings:  4

ingredients:
8 ounces fresh jumbo lump crab meat
1 lemon - cut in half
salt
pepper
1/3 cup mayonnaise
1 tablespoon ketchup
1 small shallot - finely grated
2 avocados - cut in half, pit discarded

steps:
1.  in a medium bowl, squeeze the juice form one half of the lemon over the crab and stir to combine with a large pinch of salt and a little pepper. 

2.  whisk the mayonnaise, ketchup and shallot together in a large bowl and fold in the crab.  be sure not to break it up too much.

3.  fill each avocado half with a quarter of the crab salad.  cut the remaining lemon into wedges and serve alongside.

- goop, august 2009