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Potted crab with a hint of lemon

Julie Olive — Tue, 26 Nov 2019 14:29:35 +0000

I bought a huge English crab from Devon and I used the boiling method to dispatch it to crab heaven and then painstakingly picked all the meat.

One of the dish I made from some of the meat is potted crab. This is extremely easy to make and taste good if you are a fan of crab. I made it the same way as potted shrimps just using crab.

However do not try to make this from tin crab as it won’t taste as good. The fresh crab taste very sweet and juicy! I had a hard job trying not to eat it all when I was picking it.

Potted Crab with a hint of lemon

Ingredients

Crab meat
Lemon peel and juice
Mayonnaise
Chives
Butter
Paprika
Salt & Pepper

Instructions

TIP – Instead of Mayonnaise and chives I used the Philadelphia cheese cream and chives.

Eating with cheese bloomer

Gently on low heat, melt the butter
My beautiful crab meat
The crab meat
Season and mix with mayonnaise, paprika, salt, pepper
I seasoned my butter with lemon thyme
Sieve the butter, we only want the top bit – that’s clarified butter.
grate some lemon zest in
add half the clarified butter
Place the crab meat in the bottom then pour the rest of the butter on top
Cover and place in the fridge. Store up to a week or two. I decorate the top with a thin slice of lemon.

Eating with crackers

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Creamy Leeks Sauce

Julie Olive — Thu, 27 Dec 2018 13:29:18 +0000

This creamy leeks vegetable side dish is a good accompaniment to any dishes and for cheese lovers you can of course add in more cheese. It goes very well with simple pan seared salmon, gammon ham, anything really.

I know I moan about the British and their forever boiled vegetables but this is one of them boiled vegetables that is nice to eat. The purist will tell you that there is nothing more deeply comforting than a dish of boiled vegetables covered in a savoury white sauce. My family is very partial to this creamy leeks dish.

Please feel free to add crispy bacon on top.

Creamy leeks

Ingredients

2 tbsp butter
1 tsp mince garlic
300 g small leeks sliced
½ juice of half a lemon
1 cup chicken stock
2 to 5 tbsp double cream
2 to 3 tbsp Parmesan cheese grated
pinch salt and pepper

Instructions

Melt the butter over medium heat add in the mince garlic and leeks. Give them a good stir till the leeks soften. Add in the chicken stock and lemon juice. Let everything simmer for about 10 to 15 minutes
Then add in the cream, season with salt and pepper. Finally sprinkle with grated Parmesan cheese.

Notes

Creamy leeks is a good side dish to accompany any protein. I love it especially with fish. You can of course add in a bit of spring onions for the extra ‘onion’ taste at the end.

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