Crab, Avocado & Herby Hollandaise Tarts
- 8 slices white bread (medium sliced white works best)
- 1 34 ounces butter, melted
- 2 ripe avocados
- 12 lemon, juice of
- 3 12 ounces rocket
- 14 18 ounces white crabmeat
- 4 tablespoons white wine vinegar
- 12 teaspoon peppercorn
- 1 fresh bay leaf
- 4 egg yolks
- 8 78 ounces unsalted butter
- fresh tarragon, roughly chopped
- 12 lemon, juice of
- Heat oven to 392 degrees F.
- Punch out a circle from the centre of each slice of bread using a 4"round cutter and roll flat with a rolling pin.
- Brush circles with the melted butter on each side, then press into 8 individual tart tins.
- Lift onto 2 baking sheets and bake for 10 mins or until tinged with gold at the edges.
- Carefully flip the cases out from the tins so they are upside down on the trays, then put back into the oven for 5 mins or until crisp and dry.
- Leave to cool.
- Can be kept in an airtight tin for up to 3 days.
- To start the sauce, put the vinegar, peppercorns and bay leaf into a small pan and bring to the boil.
- Simmer for about 5 mins or until reduced to about 1 tablespoons
- Take off the heat, then strain out bay leaf and peppercorns.
- Will keep covered in the fridge for up to a week.
- Halve avocados, stone and peel.
- Thinly slice avocado, put into a bowl and gently toss with a squeeze of lemon juice.
- Can be kept covered in the fridge for up to 2 hrs before serving.
- When ready to serve, put the avocado and a little rocket into each case, then top with crabmeat.
- Tip vinegar reduction into a blender or food processor, then add the egg yolks.
- Melt the butter in a pan over a medium heat (don't boil), then add to the blender or food processor.
- The sauce will thicken as the yolks and butter meld together.
- Add herbs, season, then add a dash of lemon juice to bring out the herby flavour and cut through the butteriness.
- Spoon the hollandaise generously over each tartlet so it oozes over the crab.
- Serve at once.
white bread, butter, avocados, lemon, rocket, white crabmeat, white wine vinegar, peppercorn, bay leaf, egg yolks, butter, fresh tarragon, lemon
Taken from www.food.com/recipe/crab-avocado-herby-hollandaise-tarts-234483 (may not work)