The Crab Club Sandwich

Name: The Crab Club Sandwich
Ingredients: 1 generous portion white crab meat; 1 teaspoon Jalapeño Tabasco (green Tabasco); 1 teaspoon Jalapeño Tabasco (green Tabasco); 1 tablespoon crème fraiche or mayonnaise; 1 tablespoon crème fraiche or mayonnaise; salted butter, softened; 1 tablespoon fresh coriander or chervil, finely chopped; freshly ground pepper; 3 slices of bread, lightly toasted if you wish; 1 tablespoon fresh coriander or chervil, finely chopped; 1 ripe tomato, seeded and thinly sliced seasoning; ½ ripe avocado, peeled and thinly sliced; iceberg or other lettuce, shredded; iceberg or other lettuce, shredded

Preparation info

Serves
1

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Modern Classics

By Frances Bissell

Published 2000

About

Ingredients

1 generous portion white crab meat
1 teaspoon Jalapeño Tabasco (green Tabasco)
1

Sandwich
Pescatarian

Method

Mix the crab, Tabasco and ème fraiche or mayonnaise. Mix the butter, sufficient to spread on 3 slices of bread, with the pepper and herbs. Butter the bread, then build up the first layer of avocado and tomato; season lightly. Place the middle slice of bread on top, and spread the crab on it. Top with shredded lettuce, then the final slice of bread. Spear with cocktail sticks in strategic positi