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Cooking fresh crab
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Cooking fresh crab

13 ingredients 30 min Serves 4 openrecipes
Cooking fresh crab

Gordon Ramsay gives you the secrets to preparing and cooking fresh crab

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Estimated Nutrition (whole recipe, rough)

251
Calories
23g
Protein
2g
Fat
31g
Carbs

Counts 14 of 15 ingredients — the other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and contribute nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume — 14 portions →
Ingredient Portion assumed kcal
Crab 100g cooked 97
Onion 1 medium (110g) 44
Fennel Bulb 1/2 bulb (87g) 27
Carrot 1 medium (61g) 25
Wine 2 tbsp cooking wine (30ml) 25
Lemon juice of 1 lemon (48ml) 12
Celery 1 stalk (40g) 6
Garlic 1 clove (3g) 4
Thyme 1 tsp dried (1.4g) 4
Vinegar 1 tbsp (15ml) distilled 3
Tarragon 1 tsp dried (0.5g) 2
Basil 5 leaves fresh (2.5g) 1
Parsley 1 tbsp chopped fresh (3.8g) 1
Salt 1 tsp (6g) 0
Star Anise 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

  • 2 leeks
  • 2 carrots
  • 1 onion
  • 1 celery stick
  • 1 small fennel bulb
  • 1 garlic head, halved
  • large sprig each basil , thyme, tarragon and parsley
  • 20g rock salt
  • 1 lemon , sliced
  • 2ml white wine vinegar
  • 2 star anise
  • 300ml dry white wine
  • 1 whole fresh crab

Directions

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By bbcgoodfood · Recipe sourced from openrecipes

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