Tomatoes Stuffed with Crab Mayonnaise

Name: Tomatoes Stuffed with Crab Mayonnaise
Yield: serves 6
Ingredients: 140 g mixed white and brown fresh crab meat (1 medium-sized cooked crab should yield enough – for cooking method); 175–225 ml home-made mayonnaise or a couple of tablespoons French dressing instead of some of the mayonnaise; salt; 6 large or 12 small very ripe firm tomatoes; garden cress or watercress; edible flowers e.g. chives; sprigs fresh herbs; ½ teaspoon juice of finely grated onion; small lettuce leaves; freshly ground pepper

Preparation info

serves
6

Difficulty
Medium

Appears in

Darina Allen's Simply Delicious Suppers

By Darina Allen

Published 2001

About

Crab mayonnaise is very versatile. It is delicious used as a filling for cucumber or tomato rings as well as a stuffing for tomatoes. It also marries very well with a simple tomato salad or as a first course for a dinner party.

Ingredients

6 large or 12 small very ripe firm tomatoes
salt
140 g mixed

Starter
Pescatarian
Gluten-free

Method

Cut the tops off the tomatoes, remove the seeds with a melon bailer or a teaspoon, season with salt and turn upside down to drain while you prepare the filling.

Mix the crab meat with the mayonnaise, grate some peeled onion on the finest part of the stainless steel grater and add ½ teaspoon o