Thai-style crab dip

Name: Thai-style crab dip
Prep time: 10 min
Total time: 10 min
Yield: 6
Ingredients: 1 large (750g) cooked crab (or 3 smaller crabs – you will need 200g crab meat); 1/3 cup (85g) mascarpone; 2 tsp fish sauce; 2 spring onions, thinly sliced; 1 long red chilli, seeds removed, finely chopped, plus extra thinly sliced chilli to serve; 1/2 cup loosely packed coriander leaves, finely chopped, plus extra coriander sprigs to serve; Juice of 1 lime, plus extra lime wedges to serve; Sliced toasted sourdough and crudites, to serve

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by Jamie Oliver

Food legend, influencer, activist, Naked Chef, delicious. contributor

Dec 03, 2017

Add some theatre to your next dinner party by serving this dip inside the crab shell.

1 large (750g) cooked crab (or 3 smaller crabs – you will need 200g crab meat)
1/3 cup (85g) mascarpone
2 tsp fish sauce
2 spring onions, thinly sliced
1 long red chilli, seeds removed, finely chopped, plus extra thinly sliced chilli to serve
1/2 cup loosely packed coriander leaves, finely chopped, plus extra coriander sprigs to serve
Juice of 1 lime, plus extra lime wedges to serve
Sliced toasted sourdough and crudites, to serve

Method

1.

Scoop the brown and white meat from the crab shells and claws, and transfer to a bowl. Clean the shell and set aside.
2.

Stir the mascarpone, fish sauce, spring onion, chopped chilli, chopped coriander and lime juice into the crab meat.
3.

Carefully spoon the crab meat mixture back into the cleaned shell and scatter with extra sliced chilli and coriander sprigs.
4.

Serve with lime wedges, sourdough and crudites.