Photo: Anna Pelzer
Vodka and tonic soft shell-crab with saffron aioli and seasonal salad
24 ingredients
30 min + 1 hr
Serves 4
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Soft-shell crabs are surprisingly easy to cook at home because almost all the crab can be eaten saving lots of preparation time.
Estimated Nutrition (whole recipe, rough)
894
Calories
41g
Protein
22g
Fat
125g
Carbs
Counts 13 of 18 ingredients — the other 5 aren't in our nutrition table and contribute nothing above, so the real totals are higher.
What these numbers assume — 13 portions →
| Ingredient | Portion assumed | kcal |
|---|---|---|
| Flour | 1 cup (125g) all-purpose | 455 |
| Olive Oil | 1 tbsp (14g) | 119 |
| Crab | 100g cooked | 97 |
| Egg | 1 large egg (50g) | 78 |
| Sugar | 1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated | 49 |
| Onion | 1 medium (110g) | 44 |
| Wine | 2 tbsp cooking wine (30ml) | 25 |
| Lemon | juice of 1 lemon (48ml) | 12 |
| Lettuce | 1 cup shredded (36g) | 5 |
| Garlic | 1 clove (3g) | 4 |
| Vinegar | 1 tbsp (15ml) distilled | 3 |
| Mustard | 1 tsp (5g) yellow | 3 |
| Salt | 1 tsp (6g) | 0 |
| Vodka | not in our table | 0 |
| Cider | not in our table | 0 |
| Rapeseed Oil | not in our table | 0 |
| Saffron | not in our table | 0 |
| Salad | 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
- 1 tbsp fresh yeast
- pinch salt
- pinch sugar
- 175ml/6fl oz tonic
- 200g/7oz plain flour
- 25ml/1fl oz vodka
- 1 tsp cider vinegar
- 8 soft-shell crabs
- 6 garlic
- 250ml/9fl oz white wine
- 2 medium free-range egg yolks
- 1 tbsp white wine vinegar
- 1 tbsp Dijon mustard
- pinch salt
- 125ml/4fl oz rapeseed oil
- ½ tsp saffron
- 1 lemon
- 25g/1oz bull's blood salad leaves
- 25g/1oz lamb's lettuce
- 2 heads Little Gem lettuce
- 3 tbsp olive oil
- 1 tbsp white wine vinegar
- 1 lemon
- 2 spring onions, finely chopped, to garnish
Directions
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By bbcfood ·
Recipe sourced from
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