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); 1 tablespoon butter, melted then cooled; 1 tablespoon white wine vinegar; 4 pieces of brown toast; few drops of Tabasco; juice of ¼ lemon; pinch of cayenne pepper; 1 teaspoon English mustard; pinch of sea salt; ½ teaspoon Worcestershire sauce; pinch of finely chopped parsley; 50 g/1¾ oz good strong Cheddar, grated

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

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.