Ivan Allen’s Dressed Crab

Name: Ivan Allen’s Dressed Crab
Yield: serves 5–6
Cuisine: Ireland
Ingredients: 425 g crab meat, brown and white mixed (2 or 3 crabs should yield this – for cooking method; keep shells intact for later); 85–100 g soft white breadcrumbs; 2 teaspoons white wine vinegar; 2–2½ tablespoons ripe tomato chutney; 30 g butter; generous pinch of dry mustard or 1 level teaspoon French mustard; salt and freshly ground pepper; 110 g buttered crumbs

Preparation info

serves
5–6

Difficulty
Medium

Appears in

Darina Allen's Simply Delicious Suppers

By Darina Allen

Published 2001

About

When I first came to Ballymaloe my father-in-law always prepared the dressed crab for dinner. This is his recipe and very delicious it is too.

Ingredients

425 g crab meat, brown and white mixed (2 or 3 crabs should yield this – for cooking method; keep shells intact for later)
85–100

Europe
Ireland
Shanagarry
Fish course
Dinner
Supper
Pescatarian

Method

Scrub the crab shells, mix all the ingredients except the buttered crumbs together, taste carefully and correct the seasoning. Fill into the shells and sprinkle the tops with the buttered crumbs. (The dish may be prepared ahead to this point and refrigerated for 1–2 days or frozen.)

Bake in a moderate oven, 180°C/350°F/Gas 4, until heated through and brown on top (approximately 15–20 mi