Salcombe crab meat with apple and cashew

Simon Bonwick

Simon Bonwick

24th February 2025
Simon Bonwick

Salcombe crab meat with apple and cashew

45 min

On the menu at The Troublesome Lodger

Ingredients

crab

  • one crab

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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