Photo: Crab Martini Recipe
Ingredients
- 12 to 15 fresh asparagus stalks
- 1 cup mayonnaise
- 2 tablespoons spicy or Dijon mustard
- 2 to 3 small tomatoes, diced
- 1 lemon, zested and juiced, plus more for dipping glass
- 1 pound lump crabmeat, cleaned, picked and cooked
- 1 pound claw crabmeat, clean, picked and cooked
- Lemon pepper and seasoning salt
- House Seasoning, recipe follows
- Crab boil seasoning (recommended: Old Bay)
- Lemon wedges, for garnish
- Olives, for garnish
Directions
In a large pot bring salted water to a boil and blanch the asparagus by placing them in boiling salted water for 1 minute, and immediately shocking them in a bowl of ice water.
Trim the very bottom of the asparagus and discard. Cut off the top 2-inches of the asparagus and set aside for garnish. Finely chop the remaining asparagus. In a medium bowl, combine the asparagus with the mayonnaise, mustard, tomatoes, lemon zest and lemon juice. Gently fold the crabmeat into the asparagus mixture and season to taste with lemon pepper, seasoning salt and House Seasoning.
Using the extra lemon juice wet the rim of the martini glass and dip it into the crab boil seasoning. Put the crab mixture into the prepared glass and serve with the asparagus tops, lemon wedges, and olives as garnish.
House Seasoning:
1 cup salt
1/4 cup black pepper
1/4 cup garlic powder
Mix ingredients together and store in an airtight container for up to 6 months.
* Guest Recipe
A viewer or guest of the show, who may not be a professional cook, provided this recipe. The Food Network Kitchens have not tested this recipe and therefore cannot make representation as to the results.
Review This Recipe
You must be logged in to review this recipe.
or Sign Up to Review
Newest Ratings and Reviews
Read all 5 reviews
By sugarplum5
on December 21, 2012
Flag
Flag This Review?
Please provide the reason why you think this review is inappropriate.
or Cancel
I served this for a holiday mother/daughter dinner. The girls are 11 YO so I wanted to serve something fancy using martini glasses. This was delicious and perfect for a pre dinner salad. I used a lettuce leaf in each glass like the picture, used canned crab and did the seasoning around the rim. Although the seasoning isn't a must have, I would do it again. I didn's use a full 2 lb of crab. I used 3 small cans and added in the mayo mixture until the mixture seemed right.
By srwalruff
Pleasant Hill, 65
on September 02, 2011
Flag
Flag This Review?
Please provide the reason why you think this review is inappropriate.
or Cancel
Who can afford 2 lbs. Of crab meat?
By swhitlin_12158203
Fairchance, 78
on December 10, 2009
Flag
Flag This Review?
Please provide the reason why you think this review is inappropriate.
or Cancel
I made this for my sister-in-laws and they loved it. It was so easy to make and so delicious and fun to serve in a martini glass. I served the leftovers on crackers and French bread slices as an appetizer the next day. Definitely a 5 star dish.
Read all 5 reviews