Melon and seafood sesame salad

Name: Melon and seafood sesame salad
Prep time: 25 min
Cook time: 5 min
Total time: 30 min
Yield: Serves 4
Ingredients: fresh chervil or mint sprigs, to garnish; 185 g (6 oz) white crab meat, drained well if frozen; 2 small honeydew or galia melons; 165 g (5½ oz) peeled cooked prawns or shrimps; 375 g (12 oz) mussels; 2 teaspoons sesame oil; 125 ml (4 fl oz) lightly flavoured vegetable oil; 2 tablespoons sesame seeds; 30 ml (1 fl oz) white wine vinegar

Preparation info

Serves
4

Difficulty
Easy
Ready in
30 min

Appears in

Salads

By Le Cordon Bleu

Published 2001

About

A light and elegant main course with fresh flavours and a nutty texture from the sesame dressing The seafood can be varied to use whatever is freshest and available.

Ingredients

375 g (12 oz) mussels
165 g (5½

Main course
Pescatarian
Gluten-free

Method

Clean the mussels by scrubbing the shells with a brush to remove any sand. Scrape the barnacles off with a knife. Pull off any beards from the mussels. Discard any mussels that are broken, are not tightly closed or do not close when lightly tapped on a work surface.
Put the mussels in a large saucepan, sprinkle with water and cook for about 3 minutes over low heat