A Weekday Menu Recipe

Crab and Aubergine Salad     CD  MC  20mins

Serves 4     Cold Seafood Shellfish Vegetables Herbs Salads Main Course Gluten Wheat Dairy Free Eggless

Ingredients
2 Medium Aubergines (Eggplant)
Olive Oil
4 Dressed Crabs
5cm/2-inches Fresh Root Ginger, grated
1 Red Capsicum (sweet Pepper), diced
The Juice of 1 Lemon
25cm/10-inches Cucumber, thinly sliced
1 teasp Finely chopped Dill
Salt and Black Pepper

Instructions

1. Preheat the grill to hot and line the grill pan with aluminium foil. Cut the aubergines lengthways into 4 slices, and score the skins with a criss-cross pattern. Brush the surfaces with a little olive oil and grill for about 5 minutes on each side, until golden. Remove from the grill and leave to cool.

2. Meanwhile, place the crab meat, ginger, capsicum and half the lemon juice in a mixing bowl and toss to mix well.

3. In another bowl, mix together the dill, cucumber, remaining lemon juice, salt and pepper

4. To serve – Divide the aubergine slices between 4 serving plates, top with the crab mixture then place the cucumber mixture along-side.

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