Ingredients
- 1kg Spanner crab meat
- 100ml olive oil
- 150g crème fraiche
- 3 bunches chives, chopped
- Chili powder
- Zest of 3 limes
- Juice of 2 limes
- Salt and pepper
Crab
- 1 carrot Vinegar
- Water
- Salt
- Sugar
Pickled carrot
- 500g macadamia
- 100g white vinegar
- 100g water
Macadamia puree
- 2kg roma tomatoes
- 1 stick celery
- Tabasco
- White wine vinegar
- Salt
Tomato water
- 1 market-bunch mint, picked
- 400g grapeseed oil
Mint oil
Cooking time: 45 minutes
Recipe serves: 5
Complexity level: Medium
Method
Crab
Preheat the Electrolux Steam oven to 110°C using the Electrolux Steam function.
Place a bain-marie in the oven to preheat.
Sous vide the crab meat and olive oil.
Place in the bain-marie and cook for 10 mins then remove and chill in an ice bath.
Take crab out of the sous vide bag. Strain and squeeze excess juice. Place the crab meat into a mixing bowl. Add the crème fraiche, chives, chili, lime zest and juice and season to taste.
Can be used immediately or sous vide and stored in the fridge.
Pickled carrot
Prepare a pickling liquid by mixing parts of vinegar, water, sugar and salt in a jar.
Slice the carrots and place in the jar with pickling liquid.
Macadamia puree
Blend all ingredients in a blender until smooth. Add salt to taste.
Tomato water
Blitz and filter overnight through an oil filter.
Add water, tobasco, white wine vinegar and salt to taste.
Mint oil
Blanch the mint leaves in boiling water for 2 secs then drain the excess water.
Blend the mint leaves with oil.
Filter and drain the oil and sous vide the mint oil until needed.
To Finish
Add the pickled carrots, macadamia puree, tomato water and mint oil accordingly on top of the crab meat

