crab
- one crab
Salcombe crab meat with apple and cashew
Simon Bonwick
24th February 2025
Salcombe crab meat with apple and cashew
45 min
On the menu at The Troublesome Lodger
Ingredients
apple
- one Braeburn apple
cashew nuts
- handful, soaked in honey and sesame
mayonnaise
- seasoned with lemon
Method
crab
Cook in a classic bouillon for 20 minutes.
Crack the claws, removing all cartilage and shell.
Save all other parts of the crab in your freezer for soup.
Season the crab meat with lemon mayonnaise.
Plate up the crab and top with apple batons and place around some cashews.
apple
Cut into batons.
cashew nuts
Roasted slowly, dried and seasoned with salt.
mayonnaise
Making your own mayonnaise is easy, providing that you buy eggs that are to die for.
If you have little dressing, add a little artistically to the plate for extra dimension.
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