Pimp your toast with this roasted crab, lime and chilli butter
This buttery crab deserves a great hunk of bread, says Ella Walker
This can be served as either potted crab spread on warm toast or, as I like to serve it, just melted in a dish so it warms the crab and fully melts the butter,” says TV chef James Martin. “That way all the flavours of the kaffir lime leaves come out.”
Roast crab with lime and chilli butter
Serves: 2
Ingredients:
100g butter, softened
Zest and juice of 2 limes
2 kaffir lime leaves, finely sliced
1 lemongrass stick, finely chopped
4 spring onions, sliced
2 tbsp fresh coriander, chopped, plus extra leaves to serve
1 red chilli, finely diced
300g white crab meat
Sea salt and freshly ground black pepper
To serve:
Toasted sourdough
Method:
1. Preheat the oven to 200C (180C fan)/400F/gas 6.
2. Beat together the butter, lime zest and juice, kaffir lime leaves, lemongrass, spring onions, coriander and chilli. Season with salt and pepper.
3. Spoon the crab into two ovenproof dishes and top with the butter. Place them on a baking tray and roast for 10 minutes until hot and bubbling.
4. Sprinkle with coriander leaves and serve straight away, with toasted sourdough on the side.
‘BUTTER: Comforting, Delicious, Versatile, Over 130 Recipes Celebrating Butter’ by James Martin (published by Quadrille, £22; photography by John Carey), available now
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