Crab & asparagus salad with real salad cream

Crab & asparagus salad with real salad cream

This sweet, tangy salad will go well with with some thinly sliced dense brown bread

Difficulty and servings

Easy

Serves 2

Preparation and cooking times

Preparation time

Prep 15 mins

Cook time

Cook 6 mins

Method

  1. Boil the asparagus and beans in salted water for 2 mins, drain well, then cool quickly under cold running water. Slip the outer skins from the beans.
  2. For the salad cream, put the egg into a pan of boiling water, then boil for 5 mins. Cool quickly under running water, then peel. Cut the egg carefully in half, then scoop the yolk into a bowl. Whisk in the mustard, sugar, lemon juice and seasoning. Whisk in the oil and cream.
  3. Arrange the watercress, asparagus and beans over two plates. Pile the crab in the centre, then drizzle with the dressing.
Try

TIP

Young asparagus can also be shaved into ribbons using a swivel blade peeler and eaten raw with a lemony salad dressing.

PER SERVING

353 kcalories, protein 23g, carbohydrate 8g, fat 26 g, saturated fat 9g, fibre 5g, sugar 5g, salt 1.01 g

Recipe from Good Food magazine, May 2009.

Try 3 issues of Good Food magazine for £3 - subscribe now!

Latest comments and suggestions

  • 2010-05-07 18:35:56.633712

    D Rus commented on this recipe

    Fantastic recipe. Have now done it for several dinner parties. Thank you.

    Flag as inappropriate

    Please let us know your name and the reason you find the above comment inappropriate.

  • 2010-05-10 10:32:03.804312

    Nead rated this recipe

    4 stars

    Flag as inappropriate

    Please let us know your name and the reason you find the above comment inappropriate.

Leave a comment or suggestion

You must sign in or register to leave a comment.

Sign in / Register

Difficulty and servings

Easy

Serves 2

Preparation and cooking times

Preparation time

Prep 15 mins

Cook time

Cook 6 mins

Ingredients

  • 10 asparagus spears , each trimmed and cut into 3 pieces on the diagonal
  • 100g broad beans , podded
  • handful watercress
  • 100g crabmeat (I used a mixture of white and brown)

FOR THE SALAD DRESSING

Print this recipe
Add to your binder

PER SERVING

353 kcalories, protein 23g, carbohydrate 8g, fat 26 g, saturated fat 9g, fibre 5g, sugar 5g, salt 1.01 g

Advertisement

Your binder

Here are three other great reasons why to sign up:

  • You get an online binder, where you can store all your favourite recipes and create menus.

Follow Good Food

Advertisement

All about Good Food

Magazine

Good Food Magazine

Subscribe to Good Food magazine - enjoy 100+ triple-tested recipes delivered to your door, every month.

Order today, and receive your first 3 issues for just £3

On TV

Foodie TV

See your favourite chefs on Sky Channel 247, Virgin TV 260 and find their recipes at goodfoodchannel.co.uk.

Good Food Apps

Good Food Apps

For Good Food on the go, download our apps to your phone or portable device.
Find out more here

Buy ingredients

With just one click, the full list of recipe ingredients will be put into a basket at your choice of provider. Choose from:

mySupermarket Compare prices and choose a retailer you wish to buy them from.

Ocado Let Ocado deliver all you need for this recipe, right to your door

Tesco Buy all the ingredients from our recipes through your Tesco online shop.

new

Asda Shop with Asda? You can now buy ingredients for our recipes via your Asda online shop.

In association with the above providers. Terms and conditions apply.

Close