Peekytoe Crab Salad
By Chef Daniel Boulud
- In a medium bowl, toss all ingredients to combine; season to taste and keep chilled.
- 8 servings
- 1 hr 30
Ingredients:
2 lbs peekytoe crab1 tsp chopped dill
1 tsp chopped chervil
1 tsp chopped chive
2 Tbs chopped cucumber
2 Tbs chopped radish
2 Tbs mayonnaise
1 Tbs Dijon mustard
1 Tbs Orleans mustard
1 Tbs olive oil
Lemon juice, to taste
Lemon zest, to taste
Lemon oil, to taste
Tabasco, to taste
Salt and pepper to taste
- In a small saucepot, whisk together celery juice with the agar agar and sugar. Bring to a simmer, whisking for 1
minute, until it starts to thicken. Remove from the heat and add bloomed gelatin, stir to dissolve. - Combine with cucumber juice and pour onto a quarter sheet tray lined with acetate paper. Sprinkle with seeds and
chill on a flat surface in the refrigerator for at least 3 hours. - Cut the sheet of cucumber agar into at least (8) 9-cm long and 3.5-cm wide rectangles.
- 8 servings
Ingredients:
1 cup cucumber juice3 Tbs celery juice
1.5 tsp agar agar
3 sheets gelatin
Black sesame seeds
- In a small saucepot, whisk together glice and oil, bring to just below a simmer. Transfer to a bowl over ice and chill, stirring until thicken
- 8 servings
Ingredients:
4 Tbs dill oil1 tsp glycerin*
- Pack seasoned crab salad into rectangular molds that are 9-cm long, 3.5-cm wide and 3-cm tall.
- Brush dill glice on the bottom of a chilled rectangular plate and wipe edges to make a rectangle shape. Place crab
salad in the center and press cucumber and radish slices up against the salad. - Place a rectangle of cucumber gelée on top of the crab salad. Pipe black sesame puree onto the four corners of the
glice and top the dots with a few white sesame seeds. Sprinkle dill glice with a bit of cumin powder. - Garnish the top of the crab salad with a sesame tuile, cucumber blossom, and a bit of micro-Provence salad. Serve
chilled.
Ingredients:
Shaved Persian cucumberShaved red radish
Black sesame seed puree
White sesame seeds
Cumin powder
White Sesame Tuiles
Cucumber blossom
Micro-Provence salad