Crab Salad With Tomato-Sake Gelée

Updated Oct. 17, 2023

Total Time
25 minutes, plus chill time
Rating
4(6)
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Ingredients

Yield:Serves 6
  • ¾pound ripe tomatoes, chopped
  • ¼cup sake
  • Salt
  • 1packet gelatin, softened in 3 tablespoons water
  • 1pound jumbo lump crabmeat or cooked and peeled small shrimp
  • Zest of 1 lemon
  • Juice of ½ lemon
  • 1tablespoon olive oil
  • 8basil leaves, very thinly sliced
  • Freshly ground black pepper
  • ½cup finely diced cucumber
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Nutritional analysis per serving (6 servings)

132 calories; 3 grams fat; 0 grams saturated fat; 0 grams trans fat; 2 grams monounsaturated fat; 0 grams polyunsaturated fat; 5 grams carbohydrates; 1 gram dietary fiber; 2 grams sugars; 20 grams protein; 418 milligrams sodium

Note: The information shown is Edamam’s estimate based on available ingredients and preparation. It should not be considered a substitute for a professional nutritionist’s advice.

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Preparation

  1. Step 1

    Purée the tomatoes in a food processor. Strain through a fine-meshed sieve into a small saucepan. This should yield about 1 cup liquid. Add the sake to the tomato water and heat over a medium-low flame until very warm to the touch. Season to taste with salt. Remove from the heat and stir in the gelatin until it is fully dissolved. Pour into a pie dish or other baking dish. Chill until firm.

  2. Step 2

    Just before serving, put the crab in a bowl. Add the lemon zest, lemon juice, olive oil and basil. Season with salt and pepper and toss lightly. Place a small mound to one side of each of 6 plates.

  3. Step 3

    Unmold half the gelée (reserving the rest for another use -- with goat cheese and toasts, for instance) and chop into small pieces. Spoon in a line or half-moon shape next to the crab. Then spoon the cucumber next to the gelée.

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