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Crab with Cucumber, Shavings of Parmesan and Red Pepper Coulis

This is a real sunday lunch favourite, it does take a little work but most of the prep can be done the day before so it can be put together in a few moments and you can enjoy a well deserved break...

1 packet Crabmeat ½ pint White Wine

1 Cucumber 1 Packet mixed Salad

4 x Plum Tomato 100g Parmesan

1 packet Chives 100ml Vinaigrette

1 packet Dill 2 x Red Peppers

3 x Shallots 3 x Shallots

2 tbls Mayonnaise Dash Sherry Vinegar

Sugar (if needed)

Salt

50g x Butter

Serves 4

Pick crab meat to take out the excess shell, go through it thoroughly. Peel and slice cucumber evenly.

Pick and chop dill, chop chives, peel and chop shallots finely. Blanch tomatoes in boiling salted water, refresh in iced salted water after 10 – 15 seconds. Peel then quarter tomato, deseed. Dry then chop into even dice.

Pick, wash and dry salad. Shave Parmesan with a potato peeler. Peel and slice shallots, put in a pot with a little butter. Chop peppers roughly, add to shallots frying slowly, getting no colour. Add white wine and a little water then let cook slowly. Once cooked, blend and mix then pass through and fine sieve, add a little sherry vinegar, season and if it’s bitter sprinkle a little sugar through and let cool.

Mix crab with mayonnaise, dill, chives, shallots, tomato, mix gently, season to your taste. If your want it spicy you could add Tabasco. Then mix with a little tomato dice and vinaigrette. Put crab mix into a mould, place cucumber and tomato mix around, drizzle a little of the coulis around leaves and crab.

Enjoy!

What to drink with it?

2009 Mas Cristine Rose, Cotes du Rousillon, France
British ex pat Andy Cook makes a range of brilliant wines under the Mas Cristine label, and the rose will show this dish off at its best.
Well tended grenache and cinsault grapes from Roussillon in Frances south west produce a well textured wine with plenty of flavour. Framed by delicate aromas and a pleasing dry, savoury finish, it is probably best to have a second bottle chilling...

This wine is available online from our friends at Inverarity Vaults (www.inverarity121.com). Who will happily deliver them to your door!

Or drop in to the shop at 185a Bath Street., Glasgow

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