From emaillists@britanniabear.demon.co.uk Wed Aug 16 10:57:28 2006 Date: Tue, 15 Aug 2006 02:49:40 +0000 (UTC) From: Glasshousejohn Newsgroups: rec.food.recipes Subject: Warm Salad Of Samphire, Asparagus And Crab Followup-To: rec.food.cooking, rec.food.recipes Warm Salad Of Samphire, Asparagus And Crab As Samphire is in season try this quick and tasty salad. If you have difficulty in removing meat from crabs ask your fishmonger to do it for you or just buy it already done. Serves 4 Preparation time less than 30 mins Cooking time 10 to 30 mins 1.25-1.5kg/23/4-3lb cooked brown crab 350g/12oz thin asparagus 225g/8oz samphire, picked over and washed 1/4 garlic clove, finely chopped 2 Tbsp/1fl oz/30ml extra virgin olive oil, plus extra for serving juice of 1/4 lemon/2tsps 1 Tbsp chopped flat-leaf parsley sea salt flakes a few parmesan shavings, to garnish Remove the meat from the crab. Snap off the woody ends from the asparagus where they break naturally and discard them. Cut the asparagus stalks in half. Break off and discard the woody ends of the samphire and break the rest into 2.5cm/1in pieces. Bring a pan of water to the boil. Add the samphire and asparagus and cook for one minute. Drain and refresh under cold water to stop them cooking and help set the colour. Drain well once more and then tip into a bowl. Add the garlic, olive oil and lemon juice, toss together lightly and season to taste if necessary. Divide the asparagus and samphire between 4 plates and arrange pieces of the white crab meat and a little of the brown meat over the top. Sprinkle with the chopped parsley, drizzle over a little more olive oil and season with a few sea salt flakes. Scatter over the parmesan shavings and serve. Regards John H YM: ferrengi_klingon_trek http://uk.360.yahoo.com/advert_man_2006 -- Rec.food.recipes is moderated by Patricia Hill at recipes@swcp.com. Only recipes and recipe requests are accepted for posting. Please allow several days for your submission to appear. Archives: http://www.cdkitchen.com/rfr/ http://recipes.alastra.com/