Crab and Avocado Timbale with Coconut Milk Granité

Preparation:	30 min
Marinating/Waiting:	2 h
Cooking:	40 min
Total:	3 h 10 min

4
servings

Category:	Fish and Seafood
Subcategory:	Seafood
Source:	Émission Les Chefs

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Recipe ingredients

Granité
½ tin coconut milk
½ lime, juiced and zested
½ tsp. (2 mL) star anise powder
½ tsp. (2 mL) ground cardamom
½ tsp. (2 mL) salt
Freshly ground black pepper to taste
Crab
680 g Irresistibles snow crab legs*
Water as needed
Apples
½ cup (125 mL) ice cider
½ cup (125 mL) water
½ cup (125 mL) sugar
2 Granny Smith apples, cut into wedges
Avocado salad
4 large leaves of leaf lettuce, blanched and cooled
1 avocado, diced small
2 Tbsp. (30 mL) avocado oil
1 Tbsp. (15 mL) chopped fresh mint
1 Tbsp. (15 mL) chopped basil
1 Tbsp. (15 mL) chopped coriander

Preparation

Granité
Combine coconut milk, lime juice and zest, star anise, cardamom, salt and pepper. Pour into a rectangular glass baking dish and freeze. Every 20 minutes, run a fork through the mixture to break it up into crystals and return to freezer.
Crab legs
Cook crab legs in boiling water for about 4 minutes. Shell and remove meat.
Apples
In a pan, reduce ice cider by half.
Add water and sugar and boil for a few minutes. Add apples and cover with parchment paper. Simmer on low heat for 30 minutes or so.
Crab and avocado timbale
Combine avocado with avocado oil, mint, parsley and coriander.
Line 2½-in. (6-cm) rings with plastic wrap and a lettuce leaf.
Fill rings halfway with avocado salad then with crab. Close up wrap and lettuce leaf and set timbales aside.

Suggestion

Presentation
Place the timbale in the centre of a large soup plate. Garnish with apples and top timbale with a spoonful of granite. Serve.

* We recommend Selection and Irresistibles products.

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