Avocado Crab Roll with Soy Sauce Caviar
- 1- 1/2 quart Vegetable Oil (chilled)
- 8 ounces, fluid Soy Sauce
- 1 teaspoon Agar-agar
- 4 ounces, weight Fresh Cooked Dungeness Crab Meat
- 1 Tablespoon Lemon Oil, Plus More For Drizzling
- 1 Tablespoon Finely Chopped Chives
- 1 whole Large, Ripe Avocado
- 4 sprigs Fresh Cilantro, To Garnish
- Coarse Sea Salt, To Taste, For Garnish
- Make the Caviar: 1.
- Pour the vegetable oil into a tall container (make sure it has extra empty space, so you can add the other ingredients later) and place it in the refrigerator for 4 to 5 hours (or overnight) so it is below 40 degrees when you are ready to start the caviar.
- 2.
- Whisk the agar agar into the soy sauce in a small saucepan and heat to a simmer over medium-low heat.
- Remove from the heat and let the soy sauce mixture cool at room temperature for 10 minutes, then pour it into a squeeze bottle.
- 3.
- Remove the oil from the refrigerator and drizzle the soy mixture into the oil.
- When the soy hits the oil it will bead into caviar and the agar agar will solidify.
- Let the soy caviar sit in the oil for 10 minutes, and then gently strain it out.
- 4.
- Gently rinse the soy caviar in ice cold water, then set them aside in the refrigerator.
- Make the Avocado Crab Roll: 1.
- Toss the crab meat with the lemon oil and chives.
- 2.
- Slice the avocado in half, pit it, peel it, and thinly slice the fruit into horizontal slices.
- Place half of the avocado slices on a small piece of parchment paper (approximately 4 x 4 inches), fanning the pieces into a long strip.
- Pull the sides of the parchment paper up, causing the avocado slices to bend, creating a channel down the middle.
- Place half of the crab mixture in the channel.
- Use the parchment paper to gently pull the avocado around the crab into a tighter cylinder.
- Repeat with the other half of avocado and crab.
- 3.
- Place the two avocado rolls on a plate, avocado side up, and drizzle with a bit of lemon oil.
- Season with sea salt and garnish with a spoon of soy sauce caviar on each roll.
- Place sprigs of cilantro on the plate.
- Serve.
vegetable oil, soy sauce, agar, lemon oil, chives, avocado, cilantro, salt
Taken from tastykitchen.com/recipes/appetizers-and-snacks/avocado-crab-roll-with-soy-sauce-caviar/ (may not work)