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Classic cheddar and crab tart recipe
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Classic cheddar and crab tart recipe

9 ingredients 10 min + 40 min 4 people openrecipes

A delicious cheddar cheese and crab tart, encased in an all-butter pastry. Flavour with tarragon and spring onions.

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Estimated Nutrition (whole recipe, rough)

393
Calories
39g
Protein
21g
Fat
14g
Carbs

Counts 8 of 10 ingredients — the other 2 aren't in our nutrition table and contribute nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume — 8 portions →
Ingredient Portion assumed kcal
Cheddar Cheese 1 oz (28g) 113
Shrimp 100g cooked 99
Egg 1 large egg (50g) 78
Cream 1 tbsp (15ml) heavy 51
Onion 1 medium (110g) 44
Black Pepper 1 tsp ground (2.3g) 6
Tarragon 1 tsp dried (0.5g) 2
Salt 1 tsp (6g) 0
Pastry not in our table 0
Meat not in our table 0

Totals for the whole recipe, adding one typical portion per ingredient — listed above. Quantities in the recipe are not counted, so this is a rough guide only — not suitable for medical or dietary planning.

Ingredients

  • 500 all-butter pastry block, de-frosted
  • g free range eggs
  • 6 double cream
  • 600 sea salt and freshly ground black pepper
  • ml Cheddar cheese, diced into small cubes
  • 1 chopped tarragon
  • pinch bunches spring onions, sliced
  • 250 fresh white crab meat
  • g fresh brown crab meat

Directions

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By lovefood · Recipe sourced from openrecipes

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