CRAB, AVOCADO, PICKLED GINGER AND BABY HERBS WITH LEMON DIJON VINAIGRETTE

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CRAB, AVOCADO, PICKLED GINGER AND BABY HERBS WITH LEMON DIJON VINAIGRETTE image

Categories     Herb     Shellfish     Poach

Yield 4 people

Number Of Ingredients 6

•400 grams (14 oz) fresh cooked crab meat
•1 Large or 2 small ripe avocados
•Japanese pickled ginger .
•Assorted live baby herbs. like Machee, Chive, Basil, Red Garnet, Beetroot, Sorrell, Chiso, Coriander
•Lemon Vinaigrette
•Cylindrical tube approximately 7.5 cms (3 inches) across and open on both sides.

Steps:

  • •Make the lemon vinaigrette and pour it into a plastic squeeze bottle. •Carefully pick through the crab meat and remove any remnants of shell your seafood purveyor may have missed. •Dice the avocado up into 1 cm (1/2 inch) pieces and place in a mixing bowl, (be careful not to bruise it as you cut it). •Squeeze a little of the vinaigrette onto the avocado and mix until slightly softened. •Taste for seasoning and add salt & pepper as desired. •Place your cylinder in middle of the first plate. •Fill the cylinder with the avocado to about 1.5-2cms (½-¾ inch) high. •Leaving the cylinder in place, cover the surface of the avocado with one layer of pickled ginger. •Spoon about 2cms (¾ inch) high of the crab meat onto the pickled ginger. •Carefully remove the cylinder. •Repeat the above process for the remaining plates. •Cut the live herbs about 1cm (¼ inch) above the soil. •Place them in a colander or strainer and shake off any dirt.Place them in a mixing bowl. •Drizzle a very little amount of the vinaigrette into the bowl of herbs, add a little extra virgin olive oil and toss until nice and glossy but not dripping. •Dress crab stacks with a little vinaigrette. •Drizzle a little dressing around each stack on the plate. •Grab a good pinch of the dressed herbs and holding them tight in your finger-tips place them on top of the crab stack. •Serve and enjoy

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