Asparagus And Crabmeat Salad Recipe - Cooking Index

Asparagus And Crabmeat Salad

Type: Fish, Vegetables
Courses: Starters and appetizers, Vegetarian
Serves: 4 people

Recipe Ingredients

1 cup  Mayonnaise
1 tablespoon  Lemon juice - fresh
1 1/2 teaspoons  Tomato paste
1 1/2 teaspoons  Shallot - minced
1/2 teaspoon  Dijon mustard
1/4 teaspoon  Pepper
1 lb  Asparagus - trimmed
8 oz  Crabmeat - cooked
4 oz  Boston lettuce leaves - or - butter lettuce (large) leave

Recipe Instructions

Whisk mayonnaise, lemon juice, tomato paste, shallot, Dijon mustard and pepper in medium bowl. Cover and refrigerate until ready to use. (Can be prepared 3 days ahead.)

Cook asparagus in large pot of boiling salted water until crisp-tender, about 4 minutes.

Transfer to bowl of ice water and cool. Drain and pat dry. mix crabmeat into mayonnaise. Season to taste with salt.

Arrange 1 lettuce leaf on each plate. Top with asparagus. Spoon crabmeat mayonnaise over and serve.

Bon Appetit, April, 1991.

Source:
Emeril Lagasse

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