Balkan Crab Salad with Walnut and Lemon Mayonnaise

Name: Balkan Crab Salad with Walnut and Lemon Mayonnaise
Yield: Serves 4
Ingredients: ¼ cup fresh lemon juice, or to taste; 2 egg yolks; 1¼ cups mild olive oil; 1 teaspoon finely puréed garlic; ¼ cup walnut oil; 2 tablespoons grated lemon zest; ½ cup finely chopped toasted walnuts; Salt and freshly ground pepper to taste; 1 pound cooked crabmeat, picked over for cartilage; 2 large cucumbers seeded and cut into ½-inch dice (about 3 cups) (see note); Walnut oil and lemon juice for greens; ½ cup coarsely chopped toasted walnuts; Lettuces or watercress to line plate; 16 blanched asparagus spears plus 8 little new potatoes (red, white, or yellow Finnish), roasted or boiled and then sliced or quartered (optional); Chopped parsley or fresh dill for garnish

Preparation info

Serves
4

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

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By Joyce Goldstein

Published 1992

About

The crunch of the walnuts in the walnut-flavored mayonnaise adds an interesting and unusual depth of flavor to the salad and plays up the sweetness of the crab. You can serve this simply, on a bed of lettuces, or expand it with cooked potatoes, asparagus, or green beans drizzled with some of the thinned mayonnaise.

Ingredients

Walnut Lemon Mayonnaise

2 egg yolks
¼ cup fresh lemon juice, or to taste
1 teaspoon

Pescatarian
Gluten-free

Method

Procedure

For the walnut lemon mayonnaise, combine the yolks, some of the lemon juice, and the puréed garlic in a bowl or blender, or in the bowl of a food processor. Gradually whisk or process in the oils, drop by drop at first, until a smooth emulsion is formed, and then more rapidly until all the oil has been added. (Of course you may use prepared mayonnaise if you don’t want to ma