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Jellied Crab Ring

Main Dishes • European

Time 1 hour

Ingredients 13

Servings 6

Description

Recipe taken from the book 'Seafood. Very Simple'.

Ingredients

Blue Crabs 15 oz
Cauliflower 1 head
Carrot 10 oz
Canned Corn 10 oz
Asparagus 5 oz
Meyer Lemon Juice 1 tablespoon
Gelatin 16 pieces
Chicken Broth 15 fl oz
Apple Wine 15 fl oz
White Pepper (whole) a pinch
Cayenne Pepper a pinch
Sugar a pinch
Salt a pinch

Step-by-Step Guide

Step 1

Rinse the crabs with cold water in a colander and let the water drain.

Step 2

Sprinkle them with lemon juice.

Step 3

Divide the cauliflower into separate florets and steam without adding salt (to preserve the white color of the cauliflower) in a covered pot for 20–25 minutes.

Step 4

Then drain in a colander, dip it in ice water, let the water drain, dry the cauliflower on a kitchen towel, and cool it down.

Step 5

Bring 1 cup of water with salt (¼ teaspoon) to a boil.

Step 6

Add the frozen peas and carrots to the water and cook them covered over low heat for 8 minutes.

Step 7

Drain in a colander, rinse with ice water, and cool down.

Step 8

Let the juice drain from the corn kernels and tips of the asparagus.

Step 9

Prepare the jelly.

Step 10

Soak the gelatin in cold water for 10 minutes.

Step 11

Heat the meat broth and dissolve the squeezed gelatin in it.

Step 12

Pour the white wine into the broth, add salt, ground white pepper, sugar, and cayenne pepper.

Step 13

Season the liquid with lemon juice, adjust salt if necessary, and cool it down.

Step 14

Rinse the ring mold with cold water.

Step 15

Fill it with 2 cm of the starting jelly liquid.

Step 16

Place it in the refrigerator.

Step 17

Layer the crabs and vegetables on the jelly in several stages, pouring jelly liquid over each layer and placing it in the refrigerator to set.

Step 18

Pour the remaining jelly over the last layer and refrigerate for several hours.

Step 19

Before serving, decorate the dish with washed and dried salad leaves.

Step 20

Quickly dip the mold in hot water and invert the jellied dish onto the salad leaves.