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Asparagus And Crab Ragout

Type: Vegetables
Courses: Soup, Starters and appetizers
Serves: 2 people

Recipe Ingredients

1 teaspoon 5mlOlive oil
1 tablespoon 15mlChopped shallots
1/2 cup 31g / 1.1ozPeeled - seeded diced tomato (concasse)
1 teaspoon 5mlChopped garlic
1/2 lb 227g / 8ozCooked asparagus - cut into 1" pieces on diagonal (1 cup)
1/2 cup 118mlLight fish or chicken stock
1 cup 62g / 2.2ozLump crabmeat - picked over for shells and cartilage
2 tablespoons 30mlButter
  Salt - to taste
  Freshly-ground black pepper - to taste
2   Prepared puff pastry shells - baked
2 tablespoons 30mlChopped parsley - for garnish

Recipe Instructions

Heat oil in a saute pan, add shallots and cook 30 seconds, stirring. Add tomatoes and garlic and cook, stirring, 2 minutes. Add asparagus and stock. Bring to a boil, add crabmeat and stir in butter.

Season to taste with salt and pepper. Split open piping hot pastry shells and spoon ragout into bottom half. Set top over on an angle and sprinkle with parsley. This recipe yields 2 appetizer or lunch servings.

Source:
Emeril Lagasse

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