California Farm Fresh Crab Fest

Name: California Farm Fresh Crab Fest
Total time: 8100 s
Yield: 2 people, 12 dinners
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: A) For crab claw and leg dinner for two:; Claws and legs from 2 whole crabs; 2 Tbs homemade mayo; 1/2 french bread sour dough baguette; B) For crab salad for two:; body meat of 1 crab; chopped shallot; 2 Tbs homemade mayo; 2 Tbs raw apple cider vinegar; 1 Tbs olive oil; stalk Chopped celery; 1 belgian endive julienne; 1 apple julienne; Clove chopped garlic; Tsp Tabasco sauce; C) For crab chowder for eight:; Use empty claw and leg shells, back shells, plus body meat of 1 cooked crab; Use Tomally, the green dressing delicacy underneath the crab shell; 4 cups water; 2 Tbs dried bonito flakes (called dashi); 2 cups dairy or coconut cream; 2 cups full milk, dairy or coconut; 4 diced unpeeled russet potatoes; 2 celery stalks, chopped; 1 cup parsley leaves, chopped; 1 Tbs lemon grass oil; Tsp tabasco sauce; 1 shallot; 1 garlic clove; 1 strong California bay leaf

Hobby Horseman @HobbyHorseman

California, United States

The Pacific Ocean Annual Crab Fishing Season opened monday, the fishing boats were back last night, and fresh live crab started selling this morning.

We bought two live large crabs, 1 1/2 pound each, to make all of the following twelve dinners. We brought them home to cook and serve a dinner of cracked claws and legs with homemade mayo and fresh baked sour dough french bread. Shells were reused to make crab chowder soup with the body meat of one crab. We then use the cooked body meat from the other crab to make crab salad on sandwiches. Here are the recipes.

Used discarded and pulverized crab, shrimp and lobster shells make great year round fertilizer in your vegetable garden.

The Pacific Ocean Annual Crab Fishing Season opened monday, the fishing boats were back last night, and fresh live crab started selling this morning.

Used discarded and pulverized crab, shrimp and lobster shells make great year round fertilizer in your vegetable garden.

Hobby Horseman @HobbyHorseman

California, United States

The Pacific Ocean Annual Crab Fishing Season opened monday, the fishing boats were back last night, and fresh live crab started selling this morning.

Used discarded and pulverized crab, shrimp and lobster shells make great year round fertilizer in your vegetable garden.

The Pacific Ocean Annual Crab Fishing Season opened monday, the fishing boats were back last night, and fresh live crab started selling this morning.

Used discarded and pulverized crab, shrimp and lobster shells make great year round fertilizer in your vegetable garden.

Saved

Ingredients

15 minutes to 2 hours

2 people, 12 dinners

A) For crab claw and leg dinner for two:
Claws and legs from 2 whole crabs
2 Tbshomemade mayo
1/2french bread sour dough baguette
B) For crab salad for two:
body meat of 1 crab
chopped shallot
2 Tbshomemade mayo
2 Tbsraw apple cider vinegar
1 Tbsolive oil
stalkChopped celery
1belgian endive julienne
1apple julienne
Clovechopped garlic
TspTabasco sauce
C) For crab chowder for eight:
Use empty claw and leg shells, back shells, plus body meat of 1 cooked crab
Use Tomally, the green dressing delicacy underneath the crab shell
4 cupswater
2 Tbsdried bonito flakes (called dashi)
2 cupsdairy or coconut cream
2 cupsfull milk, dairy or coconut
4diced unpeeled russet potatoes
2celery stalks, chopped
1 cupparsley leaves, chopped
1 Tbslemon grass oil
Tsptabasco sauce
1shallot
1garlic clove
1strong California bay leaf
Equipment: dutch oven, cutting board, wooden mallet, cleaver
Cost: $24 for 3 lbs. of crab for annual crab fest: whole crab dinner, $12, crab chowder $6, other $2, crab salad $6, $2.10 per person per dinner

Saved

Steps

15 minutes to 2 hours

1

Immerse crab in ice water till stunned, then in boiling water, head first, boil till red, about 15 minutes. Lay on back. Insert knife under folded back tail, remove for soup. Split body in half with cleaver.
2

Pull split back shell off for soup, and the tomally green dressing underneath. Put in dutch oven to make chowder. Crack claws with wooden mallet. Serve with sour dough bread and mayo.
3

Make the crab salad. Use the body meat of one crab. Twist off the split back shells. Remove crab body meat with small fork, mix with chopped celery, chopped shallot, chopped garlic clove, julienne apple and belgian endive. Mix with homemade mayo, tabasco sauce, vinegar and oil. Save body meat shells to make crab chowder.
4

Make crab chowder. Bring crab shells and tomally to boil in 4 cups of water, taste, add bonito flakes to taste, 15 minutes. Remove shells, crush to make garden fertilizer. Add meat of crab body, 2 cups of cream, 2 cups of full milk, and four diced russet potatoes. Add chopped celery stalks, chopped shallot, chopped garlic clove, chopped parsley. Simmer 1 1/2 hours, do not boil. Serve warm.

Saved

Cooksnaps

Saved

Hobby Horseman @HobbyHorseman

on January 05, 2023 05:05

California, United States

I teach people at the farmers market to grow small scale fruits and vegetables. My grandparents and parents taught me growing, cooking and preserving home grown fruits and vegetables, eggs, meats and fish. I got certified by the University of California Master Gardener Program in 2005. I try to bring out the original flavor of ingredients, then add layers of spices, herbs and flavorings that enhance, not distort the taste. These are the global, organic and vegan family recipes we use.