Crab canneloni
From zen2
Ingredients
- Crab Mix
- 200g crab meat, picked
- 1 cantaloupe melon, peeled, cut into quarters
- 1/2 cucumber, brunoise
- 25g fresh mayonnaise
- chives, chopped
- fresh lime juice
- salt
- ground white pepper
- 10 Hazelnuts, roasted in Mainland butter and chopped
Directions
- Pick the crab meat, removing all shell.
- Dice 1/8 of the melon into brunoise.
- Combine the melon with the crab and add the cucumber, mayonnaise, chives and lime juice then season with salt and pepper.
- Shave the melon on a mandolin length ways and then cut into long rectangle strips.
- Take a small amount of the crab mix and place on one end of the cantaloupe strips.
- Serve with a sprinkle of hazelnuts and sea salt.
- Tips
- Slice melon fine on a mandolin. - Hand pick crabmeat over ice to ensure you remove all shell. - Squeeze crabmeat carefully with your hands to drain out any excess moisture.