Well summer is round the corner and we will have a plethora of quality ingredients at our disposal.
Crab is one of my favourite foods and is absolutely delicious and has many uses.The problem probably is the preperation and fiddling about that goes into it. To cook a crab weighing around 1lb-11/2lb cook it for 20 mins in boiling salted water then refresh.I actually enjoy picking all the meat out the legs and large claws that holds the white meat...very tasty indeed!! The brown meat is kept in the main shell which i then like to make a sauce with for other things i.e a nice piece of salmon. I will leave a few ideas at the end of this blog to look over and see what you would like to do with them. A note by the way on buying crab....buy fresh!! Get down to harbour side here in Fife right up the coast and you will get one no problem probably cheaper than in the shop too.
Had a day in Edinburgh couple of weeks back and was wandering down the grasssmarket when I came acrosss this cracking wee shop with a hog roast..that was it just selling hog roast rolls with haggis and crackling if you wished!! Really tasty and moist well worth a visit. We then went to a Japanese restaurant on Rose Street and had a lovely lunch which of course included Sushi which i love as well as other dishes that will suit the non adventurous. Talking about Sushi I have a BBQ to do this Saturday so please hold up weather....I will be doing Sushi as one of the Canapes which will include some crab ones. It doesn't have to be raw fish which people turn ther nose up to.

Here are some ideas that you can do with the aforementioned crab.
I personally love it with fresh pasta which is easy to knock up...cook pasta then add chilli,garlic,basil and your picked white meat with a touch of olive oil to bring it altogether and a touch of seasoning squeezing over juice of half a lemon. You can also do some spring rolls which you mix crbmeat with some peppers,mange tout beansprouts,coriander and spring onion(buy the bag of stir fry veg you get in supermarket) seson with chilli,soy and oyster sauce then wrap in spring roll wrappers available at chinese supermarkets then deep fry for 4-5 mins an serve with a nice dipping sauce i.eplum,ginger and spring onion. The crabcake is another mixed with potato then flour eggwash and breadcrumb...pan fry or deep fry and serve with a nice salad and sesame dressing. Last blogs dinner party special is still available so if it has any interest to you give me a call on 07743 937178

Happy cooking!