Saturday 22 May 2010

In a crabby mood

Sometimes cooking for just yourself can be tough.

Really, really tough.

There's so many yummy foods out there that come in two-person shaped packages.

Like crab. A dressed crab is about right for two people. It's far too much for just one person, right?

So I did an adapted version of this Good Food recipe. And ate the lot.

Tough. Really, really tough.

My crab and asparagus salad

1 dressed crab (around 150g total)
1 tbs mayonnaise
1/2 red chilli, finely chopped
juice 1/2 lemon
100-150g asparagus
50g watercress

Snap the woody ends off the asparagus, and boil for 4 minutes or until you can easily slide a knife into the thickest stem. Drain, then slice each stem into three.

Separate out the white and brown crab meat, and place the white to one side. Mix the brown meat with the mayo, chilli, and lemon juice, then toss the stem sections of the asparagus (but not the tips) in this dressing.

Arrange the watercress on the plate, pile the dressed asparagus in the middle, top with the tips, and then the white crab meat.

Enjoy. All on your own.



PS. Yes, dear readers, that is a *photo* you see there. It would seem that posting on a public blog about missing card readers is an excellent prompt for their return.

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