Photo: Elle Hughes
Crab, avocado & herby hollandaise tarts
13 ingredients
25 min + 15 min
Serves 8 as a starter
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These versatile crab tarts are perfect for Christmas or celebratory meals
Estimated Nutrition (whole recipe, rough)
617
Calories
37g
Protein
40g
Fat
34g
Carbs
Counts 9 of 11 ingredients — the other 2 aren't in our nutrition table and contribute nothing above, so the real totals are higher.
What these numbers assume — 9 portions →
| Ingredient | Portion assumed | kcal |
|---|---|---|
| Avocado | 1 medium (150g) | 240 |
| Butter | 1 tbsp (14g) | 102 |
| Shrimp | 100g cooked | 99 |
| White Bread | 1 slice (30g) white | 79 |
| Egg | 1 large egg (50g) | 78 |
| Lemon | juice of 1 lemon (48ml) | 12 |
| Vinegar | 1 tbsp (15ml) distilled | 3 |
| Bay Leaf | 1 leaf (0.6g) | 2 |
| Tarragon | 1 tsp dried (0.5g) | 2 |
| Meat | not in our table | 0 |
| Chervil | 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
- 8 slices white bread (medium sliced white works best)
- 50g butter , melted
- 2 ripe avocados
- juice ½ lemon
- 100g bag wild rocket
- 400g white crabmeat (we used 2 x 200g tubs Hebridean crab meat from the Waitrose chiller cabinet)
- 4 tbsp white wine vinegar
- ½ tsp peppercorns
- 1 fresh bay leaf
- 4 egg yolks
- 250g pack unsalted butter
- small handful chervil or tarragon, roughly chopped
- juice ½ lemon
Directions
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By bbcgoodfood ·
Recipe sourced from
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