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Thursday, September 25, 2008

CRAB THERMIDOR



5 Medium Sized Crabs
2 tbsp salted butter
4 tbsp full fat cream
1 tsp crushed black pepper
½ onion very finely cubed
10 cloves of garlic finely chopped
5-6 tbsp grated Parmesan Cheese

De-shell & clean the crab. Now wash it under cold water and leave it in a pan to boil for 15 minutes along with the whole shell of the crab washing it nicely with cold water.

Once the crab is boiled very carefully scoop out the crab meat and keep it aside.

Take a pan put it on fire. Once the pan is hot add the butter , once butter melts add the finely chopped onion and fry until it browns. Add the garlic and brown it too. Add the crab meat , crushed black pepper, a pinch of salt and stir it.. Now add the cream, mix it well and put of the flame. Crab sauce is ready to be filled in the shell case.

Now take the Crab Shell Case, fill it with crab sauce. Sprinkle grated parmesan cheese over the crab. Light the top flame of the oven and leave it in the oven for 10 minutes until the cheese melts and browns. Once browned remove it from the oven and serve the crab thermidor as an appetizer.




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