Best-ever crab sandwiches

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• lostkat

  2009-07-09 06:42:48.216891

  lostkat rated and commented on this recipe

  

  Absolutely beautiful. We bought a couple of live crabs from the local fish market to make these sandwiches amongst other things. They were seriously nice. Just enough additional ingredients to add more flavour, but not overpower the delicate crab. Will definitely make again.

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• yummie

  2009-07-09 09:22:51.791067

  yummie commented on this recipe

  I love crab, this is a definate must make, sounds absolutley delcious, thx Barney :))

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• Maz

  2009-08-27 13:53:56.157483

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  Absolutely glorious. Must be the world's best sandwich!

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• Res-eeps

  2011-06-01 17:56:47.527518

  Res-eeps commented on this recipe

  My goodness, this sounds yummy! Isn't there any way you could use tinned crab? :-/ I suppose not...

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• kimkap

  2011-07-12 12:57:10.185062

  kimkap commented on this recipe

  Try your local fishmongers they usually have crab meat already prepared so no messing about.

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• chrisc

  2011-07-12 19:51:03.420141

  chrisc commented on this recipe

  I cannot stand mayonnaise or tomato ketchup is there anything else to use instead. chrisc

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• Diana44

  2012-10-10 11:54:01.942081

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  I do love crab but as a food it can be quite bland (white meat especially) but this recipe works really well, I enjoyed it enormously.

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• emz108

  2013-01-09 11:14:31.738889

  emz108 commented on this recipe

  @chrisc - If you really don't want to try the mayo and ketchup, you could maybe try some creme fraiche/cream cheese with a pinch of paprika in it

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Ingredients

• 8 hand-cut slices best-quality brown or granary bread
• unsalted butter , for spreading
• 1 lemon , cut into 4 wedges, to serve

FOR THE CRAB PASTE

• brown crabmeat from 1 large brown crab, about 1.5 kg in its shell (reserve the white meat, see below)
• 1 tbsp mayonnaise
• 1 tsp tomato ketchup
• juice 1/2 lemon
• 1 tsp Dijon mustard
• big pinch cayenne pepper
• few drops brandy (optional)

FOR THE WHITE MEAT

• picked white meat from the same crab
• small handful chopped mixed herbs such as parsley, dill, tarragon, chervil and chives
• juice 1/2 lemon
• 2 tbsp olive oil

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Makes 4 deep-filled sandwiches

Preparation and cooking times

Prep 20 mins

Ingredients

• 8 hand-cut slices best-quality brown or granary bread
• unsalted butter , for spreading
• 1 lemon , cut into 4 wedges, to serve

FOR THE CRAB PASTE

• brown crabmeat from 1 large brown crab, about 1.5 kg in its shell (reserve the white meat, see below)
• 1 tbsp mayonnaise
• 1 tsp tomato ketchup
• juice 1/2 lemon
• 1 tsp Dijon mustard
• big pinch cayenne pepper
• few drops brandy (optional)

FOR THE WHITE MEAT

• picked white meat from the same crab
• small handful chopped mixed herbs such as parsley, dill, tarragon, chervil and chives
• juice 1/2 lemon
• 2 tbsp olive oil

Per sandwich

529 kcalories, protein 30g, carbohydrate 41g, fat 28 g, saturated fat 9g, fibre 3g, sugar 3g, salt 2.65 g

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