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Snow Crab Salad

Yield: 8 appetizer portions

2 2 ½ lb crab (or about 400 g crabmeat)

6+ L water

2 Tbsp salt

1 celery stalk, minced

½ small red pepper (no pith), brunoise

2 green onion, minced

1 Tbsp chopped chives

1 tsp chopped dill

pinch chili or tabasco or Sambal or cayenne

50 ml homemade mayo (2 yolks, dijon , lemon, extra virgin olive oil)

s.q. lemon

s.q. extra virgin olive oil

s.q. salt

Method:

1. Bring plenty of salted water to a boil, submerge crab and lower heat. Cook for 8-12 minutes (until bright orange and legs come off easily). Refresh.

2. Make mayo.

3. Blanch salicorne if fresh. If frozen, just thaw (it’s already been blanched). Set aside for garnish.

4. Remove crab meat from shells, being careful not to get any bits of shell, especially when extracting the meat from the body.

5. Combine meat with seasonings and season to taste.

Serve as is, in a bun or as an hors d’oeuvre stuffed into a tomato or zucchini slice..

I like it straight up alongside a crunchy sea asparagus or green salad and some toasted baguette (with ramp butter).

You can change it up by lightening up by omitting the mayo (using just lemon and olive oil), or by changing the flavour combination by using ginger, soy or fish sauce, lime and coriander for an Asian slant, instead of the Greek lemon, dill combo.  You could also go tomato, tarragon, and horseradish for that cocktail sauce taste or just garlic and olive oil, whatever you feel like really.. Just be sure not to overdo the garnishes and seasonings so that you can taste the seafood!