How to Prepare Crab Meat in Tomato Shells

A light and cooling appetizer.

Instructions

Difficulty: Moderately Easy

Things You’ll Need:

• 6 ½ ounces crab meat
• 4 tomatoes, medium-sized
• ½ cup cucumber pulp
• ½ cup tomato pulp
• ¾ cup carrot, shredded
• aioli
• ½ teaspoon sea salt
• Romaine lettuce
• Watercress sprigs

1. Scoop the seeds and pulp out of the tomatoes. Shred the carrot.
2. With a sharp kitchen knife, remove the spines from the crab meat, then wash the meat and drain in a sieve.
3. Stir the carrot and cucumber and tomato pulps in with the crab meat.
4. Add in aioli and salt. Mix well and scoop the mixture into the hollowed tomatoes.
5. Refrigerate. Serve on a bed of Romaine lettuce, along with sprigs of watercress.
6. Yield: serves 4.