Name: Crab & asparagus salad with real salad cream
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 6 min
Total time: 25 min
Yield: 2
Cuisine: British
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); 1 large egg; 2 tsp Dijon mustard; 1½ tsp golden caster sugar; 1 tbsp lemon juice; 1 tbsp extra-virgin olive oil; 3 tbsp double cream

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Crab & asparagus salad with real salad cream

Crab & asparagus salad with real salad cream

Mary Cadogan

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Serves 2

Easy

Prep: 15 mins

Cook: 6 mins

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

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Ingredients

Nutrition

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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

1 large egg
2 tsp Dijon mustard
1½ tsp golden caster sugar
1 tbsp lemon juice
1 tbsp extra-virgin olive oil
3 tbsp double cream

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Nutrition: per serving

kcal353
fat26g
saturates9g
carbs8g
sugars5g
fibre5g
protein23g
salt1.01g

low

Method

step 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.
step 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.
step 3

Arrange the watercress, asparagus and beans over two plates. Pile the crab in the centre, then drizzle with the dressing.

RECIPE TIPS

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

Recipe from Good Food magazine, May 2009

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