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Crab, avocado & herby hollandaise tarts
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Crab, avocado & herby hollandaise tarts

13 ingredients 25 min + 15 min Serves 8 as a starter openrecipes
Crab, avocado & herby hollandaise tarts

These versatile crab tarts are perfect for Christmas or celebratory meals

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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

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By bbcgoodfood · Recipe sourced from openrecipes

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