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Crab Salad with Fennel, Asparagus & Courgette

  • Time preparation 15 minutes
  • cook time 15 minutes
  • Serve Serves 2

When it comes to fish and seafood, we think simplicity is always the way to go! This raw, shaved salad with juicy crab meat is wonderfully fresh and perfect on a warm day

Recipe taken from Foolproof Fish by Libby Silbermann (£12.99, Quadrille)
  • 1 fennel bulb
  • 100g asparagus, woody stalks discarded
  • 1 courgette
  • 80g sugar snap peas, thinly sliced
  • 100g white crabmeat
  • 1 tsp black sesame seeds
  • Small handful of dill, to garnish
  • For the dressing:
  • 2 tbsps ponzu or lime juice
  • 1 tsp Dijon mustard
  • 1 tsp sesame oil
  • 4 tbsps rapeseed oil
  • Pinch of caster sugar

Begin by thinly slicing the fennel and courgette for the salad – if you have a mandoline then this works best, but alternatively you can thinly slice with a knife. To slice the asparagus, use a peeler to create ribbons.

Prepare the salad dressing by whisking together the ponzu or lime juice, mustard, sesame oil, rapeseed oil and sugar in a small bowl until smooth.

Scatter the sliced vegetables onto a serving platter and distribute the crabmeat around the salad. Drizzle over the dressing and then top with a sprinkling of black sesame seeds and dill.

Ingredients

  • 1 fennel bulb
  • 100g asparagus, woody stalks discarded
  • 1 courgette
  • 80g sugar snap peas, thinly sliced
  • 100g white crabmeat
  • 1 tsp black sesame seeds
  • Small handful of dill, to garnish
  • For the dressing:
  • 2 tbsps ponzu or lime juice
  • 1 tsp Dijon mustard
  • 1 tsp sesame oil
  • 4 tbsps rapeseed oil
  • Pinch of caster sugar

Method

Begin by thinly slicing the fennel and courgette for the salad – if you have a mandoline then this works best, but alternatively you can thinly slice with a knife. To slice the asparagus, use a peeler to create ribbons.

Prepare the salad dressing by whisking together the ponzu or lime juice, mustard, sesame oil, rapeseed oil and sugar in a small bowl until smooth.

Scatter the sliced vegetables onto a serving platter and distribute the crabmeat around the salad. Drizzle over the dressing and then top with a sprinkling of black sesame seeds and dill.

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