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Crab Maison

by Anna Stockwell
appetizer
Yield: serves 4
Source: https://www.saveur.com/article/Recipes/Crab-Maison/

Ingredients

You have 2 of 11
produce
  • ○4 slicestomato(halved)
  • ○3green onions(finely chopped)
  • ○12butter lettuce
  • ○1/2 tspflat-leaf parsley(finely chopped)
protein
  • ○1 lbjumbo lump crab meat
dairy
  • ✓1/2 cupmayonnaise
pantry staple
  • ○2 tspwhite wine vinegar
  • ○1 tspDijon mustard
  • ○1/2 tspkosher salt
  • ·2 tbspolive oil
  • ○1/8 tspwhite pepper(freshly ground)
other
  • ✓1 tspcapers(rinsed, drained, and finely chopped)

Instructions

  1. Whisk together mayonnaise, oil, vinegar, mustard, capers, parsley, salt, pepper, and scallions.
  2. Add crabmeat and fold gently to combine.
  3. Place 3 leaves of lettuce on each of 4 salad plates.
  4. Divide crab mixture evenly among plates and garnish with two half slices of tomato.

My notes

A popular appetizer at Galatoire's restaurant in New Orleans, this light and satisfying salad is a great lunch on Mardi Gras with crusty French bread.