Fresh crab meat mixed with milky ricotta cheese, crunchy sweet pepper, chillies and onions is served with a spicy dressing to make a lunch dish that is both decorative and satisfying.
ingredients
serves: 4
1 green chilli
1 small green pepper
1 small red onion
3 scallions
4 dressed crabs in their shells, to yield 1 pound 4 ounce crab meat
3 ounce ricotta cheese
Salt and black pepper
1 1/4 cups mayonnaise
1 teaspoon dried chilli flakes
4 slices of white bread
method
1. Preheat the grill if you will need it to make the toast.
2. Rinse, dry, deseed and finely slice the green chilli and the pepper. Halve, peel and thinly slice the red onion. Rinse, dry, trim and slice the scallions, including some of the green parts, and put them all into a mixing bowl.
3. Take the crab meat out of the shells and add it to the mixing bowl with the ricotta cheese, stirring until well combined. Season to taste with salt and pepper.
4. Stir the chilli flakes into the mayonnaise and season with salt and pepper if necessary Place in a serving bowl and set aside.
5. Toast the bread, cut it into quarters in triangles and arrange them on a serving platter. Pile the crab mixture in the centre and place the bowl of chilli mayonnaise on one side.
6. Let each person help themselves to the crab mixture, spreading it or the toast and topping it with the chilli-flavoured mayonnaise.
