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Crab balls with tomato sauce
Photo: Elle Hughes

Crab balls with tomato sauce

29 ingredients 30 min + 1 hr openrecipes

Homemade tomato sauce and cheat’s confit tomato make delicious accompaniments to deep fried crab fritters in this impressive starter.

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Estimated Nutrition (whole recipe, rough)

1381
Calories
54g
Protein
33g
Fat
219g
Carbs
What these numbers assume — 20 portions →
Ingredient Portion assumed kcal
Flour 1 cup (125g) all-purpose 455
Potato 1 medium (173g) baked 161
Olive Oil 1 tbsp (14g) 119
Banana 1 medium (118g) 105
Butter 1 tbsp (14g) 102
Shrimp 100g cooked 99
Cherry 1 cup (138g) 87
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
Tomato 1 medium (123g) 22
Lemon juice of 1 lemon (48ml) 12
Shallot 1 tbsp minced (10g) 7
Black Pepper 1 tsp ground (2.3g) 6
Garlic 1 clove (3g) 4
Vinegar 1 tbsp (15ml) distilled 3
Ginger 1 tsp grated fresh (2g) 2
Chives 1 tbsp (3g) 1
Salt 1 tsp (6g) 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

  • , to cover a small pan olive oil
  • 4 tbsp white balsamic vinegar
  • 500g/1lb 1oz cherry tomatoes
  • 1 tsp sugar
  • , to taste salt
  • ½ tsp black pepper
  • 2 tbsp olive oil
  • 1 onion
  • 1 red chilli
  • 2 garlic
  • 1 tbsp tomato purée
  • 3 skinned tomatoes
  • 2 tbsp sherry vinegar
  • good pinch sugar
  • 2 tbsp olive oil
  • 1 banana shallot, finely chopped
  • 1 red chilli
  • 1 thumb-sized piece root ginger
  • 2 large potatoes
  • 2 tbsp brown crab
  • 250g/9oz white crab
  • 1 lemon
  • 1 tbsp chopped chives
  • salt and freshly ground black pepper
  • 50g/2oz softened butter
  • , for deep fat frying vegetable oil
  • 75g/2½oz plain white flour, seasoned with salt and pepper
  • 2 whole free-range eggs
  • 100g/3½oz breadcrumbs

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By bbcfood · Recipe sourced from openrecipes

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