CRAB TIAN
Ingredients
- 3 tbsp olive oil
- 1 garlic clove
- thinly sliced
- 4 tomatoes
- skinned
- seeds removed
- cut into four
- 400g/14oz white crabmeat
- 1 tsp curry powder
- 1 lemon
- juice only
- salt and freshly ground black pepper
- 1 large bunch fresh chives
- finely chopped
- 400g/14oz brown crabmeat
- picked
- 1 tsp sweet smoked paprika
- 110ml/4fl oz double cream
- lightly whipped
- 2 small punnets cress
Directions
- Heat a frying pan until just warm then add two tablespoons of the olive oil
- the garlic and tomatoes and cook over a low heat for 5-8 minutes
- until the tomatoes are just softened. Remove from the heat and allow to cool.
- Place four 5cm/2in x 8cm/3in chefs' rings onto a large flat plate.
- Place three pieces of tomato in the bottom of each ring.
- Place the white crabmeat
- curry powder and a squeeze of lemon juice into a bowl. Mix together well and season with salt and freshly ground black pepper.
- Place a layer of crab mixture into each chefs' ring over the tomatoes and smooth over.
- Sprinkle over the chopped chives to cover the crabmeat mixture.
- Mix the brown crabmeat with the smoked paprika and a squeeze of lemon
- and season with salt and freshly ground black pepper. Spoon a layer of the brown crabmeat mixture over the top of each layer of chives.
- Repeat the layering process with the remaining white crabmeat mixture
- chives and brown crabmeat mixture until the ring is full.
- Whisk the remaining lemon juice into the double cream and season
- to taste
- with salt and freshly ground black pepper.
- Spoon the cream mixture over the top of the chefs' ring
- smoothing over the top. Place into the fridge to chill for one hour.
- To serve
- remove the plate with the rings from the fridge and carefully transfer each ring to a serving plate.
- Finely dice the remaining four pieces of tomato.
- Remove each chefs' ring carefully then top the stack with a few pieces of tomato.
- Place the cress into a bowl with the remaining one tablespoon of olive oil and salt and freshly ground black pepper. Mix well to coat then arrange a little cress around each stack.

