How to cook Abalone?

[WCchopper]

A friend offered me some abalone and I have no idea how to cook it! Any help would be appreciated!

[rcallner]

Is the abalone cleaned and sliced, or still in the shell? Extraction is daunting, if you've not done it before. http://www.fishtech.com/recipes.html has both directions and a number of recipes from Asia and Europe.

Silky abalone is beautiful in Italian seafood salad,with several kinds of seafood gently cooked and served in a great olive oil/garlic/parsley dressing, with sliced Spanish olives, crisp chopped onion and celery.