Indulge in the Delicacy of Peekytoe Crab Meat: A Culinary Journey
Peek into the world of culinary wonders with peekytoe crab meat, a delicacy that promises an explosion of flavors in every bite. Originating from the Chesapeake Bay region of the United States, these tiny crabs pack a punch with their sweet and succulent meat. Explore a delectable array of recipes in this article, guiding you through various cooking methods to elevate your dining experience. Dive into the art of creating mouthwatering crab cakes, tantalize your taste buds with a creamy crab dip, or embark on a seafood extravaganza with a flavorful crab salad. Each recipe is carefully crafted to showcase the unique charm of peekytoe crab meat, allowing you to savor its delicate texture and distinctive taste. Prepare to embark on a culinary journey that celebrates the essence of this Chesapeake Bay treasure.
PEEKYTOE CRAB SALAD WITH SPRING VEGETABLES
Indulge the senses with this appetizing and beautifully presented salad recipe from Cedric Vongerichten, chef de cuisine at Perry Street.
Provided by Martha Stewart
Categories Seafood Recipes
Number Of Ingredients 16
Steps:
- Bring a medium pot of water to a boil; generously salt water and return to a boil. Prepare an ice-water bath; set aside. Place leeks in boiling water and cook until crisp-tender, about 1 minute. Drain and transfer to ice-water bath to cool. Drain, pat dry, and set aside. Repeat process with asparagus (cooking about 30 seconds), ramps (cooking about 1 minute), zucchini (cooking about 30 seconds), peas (cooking about 30 seconds), and fava beans (cooking about 1 minute). Peel fava beans and set aside.
- In a medium bowl, mix together crab, mayonnaise, and olive oil. Divide crab mixture evenly between four chilled serving plates, spreading so that it is 1/4-inch high on the plate. Arrange leeks, asparagus, zucchini, peas, fava beans, and fennel on top of crab mixture; garnish with lily bulb petals, radishes, chile, and nasturtium buds. Drizzle with vinaigrette and sprinkle with sea salt; serve immediately.
PEEKYTOE CRAB TOAST
Peekytoe crab, so named because of its toelike leg tips, sits sweet and tender atop toasted bread in this recipe from chef Dan Kluger. Also try:Shaved Raw Summer Squash with Parmesan Dressing, Roasted Beets with Yogurt, Roasted Squash with Parmesan
Provided by Martha Stewart
Categories Food & Cooking Appetizers
Number Of Ingredients 8
Steps:
- In a large bowl, combine crab meat, fennel fronds, serrano chile, 3 tablespoons olive oil, and salt; set aside.
- Drizzle bread with remaining 1/4 cup olive oil. Heat a large nonstick skillet over medium heat. Add bread and cook, turning once, until golden and crisp on each side.
- Remove bread from skillet and spread one side of each slice with aioli; top with crab mixture. Cut each slice of bread into quarters and top crab with a dollop of aioli. Serve immediately with lemon wedges.
CRAB LOUIS
This is a chilled salad invented by a Seattle chef-and I feel like that makes sense. It had to be a chef that had a ton of fresh seafood around that would create a dish like this. Honestly, it's a bit elaborate, but it's wonderful because it manages to be both casual and fancy at the same time. The sauce has a tingle of heat and some sweetness, too. It's almost like a slightly creamy cousin of shrimp cocktail, but with crabmeat.
Provided by Alex Guarnaschelli
Categories appetizer
Time 35m
Yield 4 to 6 servings
Number Of Ingredients 14
Steps:
- Make the sauce: In a medium bowl, whisk together the mayonnaise, chili sauce, sour cream, lemon juice, Worcestershire sauce, half the scallions and a pinch of salt. Taste for seasoning.
- For the crab: Spread the crab out on a rimmed baking sheet and sprinkle with salt and pepper. Sprinkle with the remaining scallions and half the chives. Drizzle with the sauce to taste. Do not mix.
- To plate: Arrange the lettuce leaves as cups in a circle on a large plate. Disperse the tomatoes around the lettuce. Spoon some of the crab into each lettuce cup. Top each cup with an egg quarter and season with salt and pepper. Sprinkle with the remaining chives and a squeeze of lemon. Hold in the refrigerator until ready to serve and enjoy cold.
SMOKED SALMON AND PEEKYTOE CRAB PARFAIT
Provided by Food Network
Time 30m
Yield 6 servings
Number Of Ingredients 39
Steps:
- For the smoked salmon: Remove the blood line from the center of the salmon; cut salmon into small cubes. Harvest only the egg whites from the hard-boiled eggs and chop egg whites. Gently mix all the ingredients together in a mixing bowl; reserve in the refrigerator. For the mixed greens: Mix together and reserve. For the crabmeat: Mix all the ingredients together; reserve in the refrigerator. For the avocado mousse: Remove pit, peel and seed the avocados, then coarsely chop. Emulsify all the ingredients together in a blender. Adjust seasoning without over mixing, and reserve in the refrigerator. For the creme fraiche: Mix all the ingredients together; reserve in the refrigerator. For the white balsamic dressing: Place vinegar, shallots, mustard and honey in blender; puree, then slowly add oil until emulsified. Season with salt and pepper. For the phyllo and brioche disks: Preheat the oven to 300 degrees F (150 degrees C). Cut one of the phyllo sheets with a round cookie cutter to make 6 disks 3 to 31/2 inches in diameter. Brush the phyllo with clarified butter. Place on a baking sheet with a SILPAT® nonstick baking mat, and bake about 15 to 20 minutes or until golden brown. Repeat the same procedure with the other phyllo sheet and with the brioche. To plate each serving: Using a round mold 3 to 31/2 inches in diameter, and starting with the brioche on the bottom, layer the salmon, the avocado mousse and the crabmeat. Garnish with the salmon roe and caviar. Place a quenelle (dollop) of creme fraiche on top of the salmon roe. Place the mold in the center of the plate and gently remove the mold, leaving the parfait in the center of the plate. Drizzle the white balsamic dressing in a half-moon shape around the parfait. Scatter the mixed greens on the plate and on the top of the parfait. Roll the edge of the phyllo disk in paprika and place vertically on top of the creme fraiche quenelle (dollop).
LINGUINE WITH CRAB MEAT
At All'onda in Greenwich Village, the chef Chris Jaeckle channels Venice by way of Japan. This pasta dish, which I enjoyed in his restaurant a few weeks ago, sums it up. Fresh pasta with crab meat and a smidgen of tomato is brightened with yuzu, lemon's racy Japanese cousin. I remembered the dish as I savored the food-friendly, energetic white Bordeaux. The good acidity and citric notes of these wines welcome seafood. Though Mr. Jaeckle's version calls for peekytoe crab, it is all but impossible to find in most retail fish markets, so he allowed for regular lump crab meat. As for the yuzu juice, it's sold in Japanese markets. Look for a refrigerated brand that has no preservatives. You'll have plenty left over, enough to test your cocktail-making chops before dinner.
Provided by Florence Fabricant
Categories dinner, easy, lunch, pastas, main course
Time 30m
Yield 4 servings
Number Of Ingredients 16
Steps:
- Combine jalapeño, lemon zest and yuzu juice in a small dish and set aside. Heat half the oil in a large sauté pan. Add the onion and cook on medium-high until it starts to caramelize. Remove it. Add the mushrooms to the pan and cook until they start to brown. Return the onions to the pan, add the tomatoes and cook until they start to dry out. Pulse the mixture in a food processor until very finely chopped. Add the jalapeño mixture and season to taste with salt and togarashi. The mixture should have a touch of heat.
- Bring a pot of salted water to a boil for the pasta. Heat the remaining oil in the sauté pan on low. Add the garlic, cook until it softens, then add the wine. Increase heat to medium high and reduce until the wine films the pan. Add the stock and the tomato mixture. Stir, then add the crab.
- Cook the pasta until it is al dente, about 3 minutes. Drain and add it to the sauté pan. Add the butter. Use tongs to toss all the ingredients together. Divide among 4 warm plates, scatter tarragon on each and serve.
Nutrition Facts : @context http, Calories 586, UnsaturatedFat 16 grams, Carbohydrate 57 grams, Fat 25 grams, Fiber 2 grams, Protein 23 grams, SaturatedFat 8 grams, Sodium 884 milligrams, Sugar 4 grams, TransFat 0 grams
JEAN-GEORGES VONGERICHTEN'S CRAB SALAD
Provided by Molly O'Neill
Categories salads and dressings, appetizer
Time 30m
Yield 6 servings
Number Of Ingredients 17
Steps:
- To make the crisps, preheat the oven to 425 degrees. In a small bowl, mix together the flour, sugar and cumin seeds. Add the vinegar, butter and water and mix thoroughly, but do not overmix.
- Working in batches and using a pastry brush, dab very thin 2-inch discs of batter onto a nonstick baking sheet. Bake until golden, 3 to 5 minutes. Cool on wire racks.
- To make the crab salad, break up the lumps with your fingers, removing any shell or cartilage but leaving the crab as intact as possible. Refrigerate. In a blender, combine the tomatoes, shallots, garlic, lemon juice, oil, vinegar and basil and blend until smooth. Season to taste.
- Slowly stir the tomato sauce into the crab meat. Coat the crab, but do not soak it. Place 3 scoops of crab salad on each of 6 plates. Place a cumin crisp between each scoop. Garnish with the mache and the mangoes.
Nutrition Facts : @context http, Calories 286, UnsaturatedFat 8 grams, Carbohydrate 24 grams, Fat 11 grams, Fiber 3 grams, Protein 23 grams, SaturatedFat 3 grams, Sodium 831 milligrams, Sugar 17 grams, TransFat 0 grams
MAINE PEEKYTOE CRAB CAKES RECIPE
Provided by jenkid
Number Of Ingredients 19
Steps:
- For sauce: Whisk ingredients together in a mixing bowl. For Crab Cakes: Melt the butter in a large saute pan over medium heat. Add the bread crumbs, salt & pepper and stir with a large spoon until the butter is fully incorporated. Remove from the heat and let cool. Place the crabmeat in a large bowl and pick through it removing any bits of shell. Add the lemon juice to the crabmeat and toss. Mix in the sour cream, 1/2 cup flour, and the bread crumbs. Form the crab mixture into 6 hamburger size patties, each about 1/2 inch thick. (If the mixture seems too wet, add a little more flour.) Coat each crab cake with flour. Warm the vegetable oil in a large saute pan over medium-high heat until hot. Add the crab cakes and cook until very brown, about 2 minutes on each side. Place one crab cake onto each of the warm plates. Garnish with a dollop of remoulade.
NAPOLEON OF PEEKY TOE CRAB AND APPLE
Steps:
- Pick over crab meat to remove any bits of shell and cartilage and if using lump crab meat lightly shred. Peel and core apple and cut enough into 1/4-inch dice to measure 1/2cup plus 1 tablespoon. Peel and seed tomato and cut enough into 1/4-inch dice to measure 1/3 cup. Reserve 1 tablespoon each diced apple and tomato for sauce and in a bowl combine crab meat, remaining diced apple and tomato, 1 tablespoon chives, 3 tablespoons lemon juice, 1 1/2 tablespoons sour cream, 1 1/2 tablespoons mayonnaise, and 1 1/2 teaspoons curry powder, tossing to combine well. Chill filling.
- In a bowl whisk together milk and remaining tablespoons lemon juice, sour cream, and mayonnaise and stir in reserved diced apple and tomato, remaining teaspoon chives, 1/2 teaspoon curry powder, and white pepper and salt to taste. Chill sauce while making tuiles.
- Make tuiles:
- Preheat oven to 350°F. In a small saucepan melt butter over moderate heat and cool slightly. In a bowl whisk together flours, sugar, salt, white pepper, and nutmeg and whisk in whites until just combined. Whisk in cream until just combined and whisk in butter until just combined. On a baking sheet spread 2 teaspoons batter in an arc shape. With a pastry brush spread batter into a 5-inch-long arc, about 1 1/2 inches wide. Make 3 more arcs with some of remaining batter in same manner, spacing them about 1 inch apart. Bake tuiles in middle of oven until bubbly, crisp, and golden, 3 to 5 minutes. Carefully transfer tuiles with a thin spatula to a rack to cool and make more tuiles in same manner. (There will be enough batter to make about 26 tuiles, more than you need for the napoleons; leftovers may be used as an hors d'oeuvre.)
- Spoon 2 tablespoons filling onto a plate and top with a tuile. Make 2 more layers with 4 tablespoons filling and 2 tuiles. Make 3 more napoleons in same manner. Drizzle sauce around napoleons and garnish with tomato, chives, and curry powder.
Tips:
- Choose Fresh Crab Meat: Use fresh, high-quality crab meat for the best flavor and texture. Fresh crab meat should have a sweet, briny aroma and a firm, flaky texture.
- Cook the Crab Meat Properly: Overcooking crab meat can make it tough and chewy. Cook it just until it is heated through, about 2-3 minutes over medium heat.
- Use a Variety of Vegetables: Feel free to mix and match different vegetables in your peekytoe crab meat recipes. Some popular choices include bell peppers, onions, celery, and corn.
- Add Some Heat: If you like spicy food, add some cayenne pepper or chili powder to taste. You can also use a spicy sauce, such as sriracha or Tabasco sauce.
- Serve with Your Favorite Sides: Peekytoe crab meat can be served with a variety of sides, such as rice, pasta, or salad. It is also great on its own as an appetizer or snack.
Conclusion:
Peekytoe crab meat is a delicious and versatile ingredient that can be used in a variety of dishes. It is a good source of protein, omega-3 fatty acids, and other nutrients. With its sweet, briny flavor and delicate texture, peekytoe crab meat is a seafood lover's delight. Whether you are making a classic crab cake or a more creative dish, such as a peekytoe crab meat stir-fry, you are sure to enjoy this delicious seafood.
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