Crab thermidor
- Preparation and cooking time
- Total time
- Easy
- Serves 4 as a starter
Ingredients
- 100g brown crab meat
- 50g Berkswell or pecorino cheese, grated
- 50g mayonnaise
- 1 egg yolk
- a bunch chives, chopped
- 50ml double cream
- 2 tbsp calvados
- 1/2 tbsp wholegrain mustard
- 200g white crab meat
TO SERVE
- 1 apple, cut into fine shreds
- a handful basil
- crusty bread
Method
- STEP 1
Heat the grill. Mix the brown crab with the cheese, mayo, egg yolk, chives, cream, calvados and mustard. Carefully fold the white crab meat into the mixture and season well. Divide the mix between 4 individual, wide, shallow heat-proof dishes and put them under the grill until golden brown and bubbling. Serve with finely chopped apple and basil and serve with crusty bread.
