Kool Key Lime Crab Salad With Mango And Melon
- 6 Large martini glasses chilled
- For the Crab:
- 1 cup of lump crab meat, picked through for shells
- For the marinade:
- 1/4c. pickled ginger
- 1 large lime, zest and juice
- 12 leaves of fresh cilantro
- 1 T. honey
- 1ea. jalepeno pepper,remove stem and seeds.
- For the Key lime vinaigrette:
- 1/4c. fresh key lime juice
- 1/2c. extra virgin olive oil
- 1 ea. medium shallot
- 2T. honey
- 8ea. large basil leaves
- 1t. fresh sea salt
- 1/4t. white pepper ground
- 3/4 cup. Mango, peeled, cut off sides, and small dice
- 1c. watermelon, small dice
- 4oz. feta cheese,cut into 24 samll cubes, 1/2" ea.
- 1 bunch fresh watercress, trimmed of large stems
- 6 slices of key limes, with small slit on the side.
- 1) Combine all ingredients for the marinade in a blender. Blend for one minute. Toss the lump crab with the ingredients and set in the cooler.
- 2)For the vinaigrette, Combine all of the ingredients in a blender until the shallot is pureed.
- 3)In each martini glass portion out the watermelon on the bottom and drizzle with the key lime vinaigrette.
- 4)Repeat the same process with the mango.
- 5)Place four cubes of feta cheese throughout the fruit. Top with the marinaded crab meat.
- 6)In a separate bowl toss the watercress with remaining key lime vinaigrette. Place the watercress on top of the crab meat, garnish with a key lime wheel on the side of the glass
- Serve with lavosh crackers and chilled fork
martini glasses, crab meat, marinade, pickled ginger, lime, cilantro, honey, jalepeno pepper, lime vinaigrette, fresh key lime juice, extra virgin olive oil, shallot, honey, basil, fresh sea salt, white pepper, mango, watermelon, feta cheese, fresh watercress
Taken from www.epicurious.com/recipes/member/views/kool-key-lime-crab-salad-with-mango-and-melon-1206340 (may not work)