Tomato Rose stuffed with Chicken and Pineapple Salad

Description
Salad of Zambia and East Africa.
 * Yield: 8 salads.

Ingredients

 * 8 tomatoes, washed and stems removed
 * 2 cups cooked chicken in ½-inch dice
 * 1 cup canned pineapple chunks, drained
 * ½ cup mayonnaise
 * ½ tsp curry powder
 * 2 tbsp crystallized ginger chopped finely

Directions

 * 1) Combine all but a few tablespoons of the ginger mayonnaise with chicken and pineapple. Chill.
 * 2) Cut 1 to 2 heads lettuce and shape into eight uniform cups on dinner plates.
 * 3) Remove stems from 8 tomatoes.
 * 4) Make six even cuts from the blossom end three-quarters of the way through each tomato. Do not cut through.
 * 5) Open out to form a rose.
 * 6) Place tomato rose in center of each lettuce bed.
 * 7) Fill tomatoes with mixture (use a scoop if available) place 1 tsp ginger mayonnaise on top of mixture.
 * 8) Garnish with: 1 black olive and 1 or 2 sprigs watercress or parsley.
 * 9) Arrange 6 to 8 plantain chips at side of plate.