Recipe and source notes

Crab and Langoustine Cups

6 servings Source yield

Ingredients

  • 2 grapefruit
  • 3 smalls carrots
  • Juice of 1 lemon, strained
  • 12 langoustines or jumbo shrimp
  • 4 ounces canned crabmeat, drained
  • 4 tablespoons black olives, pitted
  • Salt and pepper

Make it step by step

  1. Wash the grapefruit well and cut in half. Cut around the flesh and scoop it out without damaging the 'shells.'
  2. Chop the flesh and reserve the shells to use as serving dishes. Grate the carrots into a bowl and immediately stir in the lemon juice.
  3. Cook the langoustines or shrimp in a pan of lightly salted, boiling water for 2-5 minutes until tender. Drain, peel and chop.
  4. Stir the langoustines, or shrimp, crabmeat, olives and 4 tablespoons of the grapefruit flesh into the carrot mixture.
  5. Season to taste with salt and pepper. Divide the mixture among the grapefruit shells and chill in the refrigerator until ready to serve.

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Adapted from Foodista by Taylor Davies, under CC BY 3.0. Formatting adapted; listed quantities and instructions are retained from the source.

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