Wednesday, 18 April 2012

Cold Crab salad, brown meat dressing, mixed leaves and chilli

Ingredients:

One dressed fresh Crab (breadcrumb free just white and brown meat)
Mixed salad leaves of choice (curly endive, dandelion, rocket, butter cup lettuce)
Fresh red chilli-seeded and cut into fine strips.
Lemon –a squeeze
Olive oil
Tamari sauce1/2tblsp
Tabasco sauce- few shakes
Dijon mustard 1tsp
Horseradish sauce 1/2tbls

Method:
  •  Scrape brown crab meat out of the shell of the crab and reserve in a bowl.
  • Fork the white meat and set aside.
Brown crab meat dressing:

  • Put brown crab meat, little lemon juice, tamari sauce, mustard, horseradish sauce, tabasco sauce in blender or work to a smooth paste with hand blender.  If very thick let down with a little water and aim for a consistency of pouring double cream.  Check for taste if you want it more spicy add more horse radish or Tabasco.
To serve:

  • Very lightly season and dress leaves with olive oil, put in plate.
  •  Out white crab meat in an attractive mound in the centre of the salad as sitting in a nest.
  • Drizzle the brown crab meat sauce over the top like a lettuce
  • Garnish with some fresh chilli strips.
  •  Serve with a wedge of lemon.