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Stuffed Crab with Plantain and Herbed Tomato Recipe
Total time: 30 to 60 minutes
Oven temperature: 180° C (350° F)
Preparation time: Under 30 minutes
Cooking time: Under 30 minutes
Difficulty: Easy
Chef's Note
A recipe from Olivier Guilmain of Eva Luna in Las Terrenas
Ingredients
Ingredients
- 6 land Crabs
- 300 g (10 oz.) crabmeat
- 1 small white onion
- 1 tbsp. green onion
- 1 tbsp. thyme
- 1 tbsp. parsley
- 1 clove of garlic
- 1/2 hot Caribbean chili pepper
- 1 tsp. cumin
- 25 g (1 oz.) stale bread
- 150 ml (10 tbsp.) milk
- 150 g (5 oz.) breadcrumbs
- Salt and pepper
- 1 ripe Plantain
- 1 banana leaf
Herbed Tomatoes
- 4 Tomatoes
- 1 tbps. chopped basil
- 1 tbsp. chopped parsley
- 2 tbsp. olive oil
- 1 tbsp. lemon juice
- Salt and pepper
Method
  1. Sauté the finely chopped herbs: green onion, chives, thyme and chili pepper; let everything brown slightly in a dry skillet over low heat.
  2. In a bowl, soak the bread in the milk; flake the crab meat into the bowl and combine.
  3. Add to the herb mixture, tossing the mixture in the pan with a spatula over high heat for a few minutes.
  4. Fill the crab shells with this mixture, sprinkle with bread crumbs and place in the oven for 10 minutes. Serve hot.
  5. Meanwhile, cook the plantain in its skin in boiling water for about 10 minutes.

Preparing the herbed tomatoes

  1. Dice the tomatoes; mix with the herbs.
  2. Season with olive oil, lemon juice, salt and pepper.

Finishing and presentation

  1. When the crab is hot and browned on top, remove the plantain from the boiling water;
  2. place a banana leaf on half of each plate;
  3. peel the plantain, slice it and place a few rounds on the plate beside the crab.
  4. Garnish with the herbed tomato.
 
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