Crab Toasts

Name: Crab Toasts
Yield: Serves 4
Ingredients: 1 x 1 kg/2 lb 2 oz boiled crab, picked (or use pasteurised crab, about 200 g/7 oz white meat and 115 g/4 oz dark meat); 4 pieces of brown toast; pinch of cayenne pepper; pinch of finely chopped parsley; 50 g/1¾ oz good strong Cheddar, grated; pinch of sea salt; juice of ¼ lemon; 1 tablespoon white wine vinegar; 1 tablespoon butter, melted then cooled; 1 teaspoon English mustard; ½ teaspoon Worcestershire sauce; few drops of Tabasco

Preparation info

Serves
4

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Let's Eat

By Tom Parker Bowles

Published 2013

About

You can use pasteurised vacuum-packed crab here, as flavours are bold.

Ingredients

1 x 1 kg/2 lb 2 oz boiled crab, picked (or use pasteurised crab, about

Starter
Pescatarian

Method

Preheat the grill to hot. Mix the white and brown crabmeat with the butter, vinegar, lemon juice, mustard, Worcestershire sauce and Tabasco. Season with salt and cayenne pepper, taste and adjust as necessary.

Spread the mixture on toast, sprinkle with the grated cheese then grill for 2 minutes. Sprinkle with the parsley and serve.