King crab toasts

Name: King crab toasts (Tostadas de centolla)
Cuisine: Argentine
Ingredients: 1 red chilli, seeded and finely chopped; 2 spring onions (scallions) finely sliced; 1 lime, halved; 15 ml/1 tbsp mayonnaise; 2 spring onions (scallions) finely sliced; 15 ml/1 tbsp chopped fresh coriander (cilantro), plus extra to garnish; 15 ml/1 tbsp crème fraîche; dash Tabasco sauce; 15 ml/1 tbsp chopped fresh coriander (cilantro), plus extra to garnish; 50 g/2 oz brown crab meat; 350 g/12 oz white crab meat; sea salt; 4 slices sourdough bread, toasted

Tostadas de centolla

Preparation info

Serves
4

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

The Food and Cooking of Argentina

By Cesar Bartolini

Published 2014

About

King crabs are caught in the waters off Tierra del Fuego in the most southern part of Argentina, some growing as large as 6kg/13lb. This recipe makes use of both the white and brown meat for maximum taste.

Ingredients

1 red chilli, seeded and finely chopped
1 lime, halved
2 spring onions (scallions) finely sliced

Americas
Argentina
Tierra del Fuego
Fish course
Pescatarian

Method

Put the red chilli in a bowl and squeeze over the juice from half the lime. Add the spring onions, mayonnaise, crème fraîche, chopped coriander, Tabasco sauce and sea salt to taste.
Pick over and flake the crab meat, discarding any fragments