Any recipe with tuna or crab meat ?

Hi,


Any summer recipe with crab & tuna ??

Salads, cakes, pasta, etc, etc...


Thanks !

Need some more information first.


Fresh, tinned? Steaks? Dressed? Type?


Also what facilities do you have? Oven? Barbeque? Etc?

Well, I guess tinned is all we can really get here...

No BBQ, but normal facilities...


I am not what we can call a cook, and just need easy recipes, for good and easy dishes...

Tinned is fine, just didn't want to give you recipes for something like barbecued tuna steaks when you don't have a barbecue or the steaks!


Quick, simple and easy.Here we go...


Tuna and cannellini bean salad

Serves 2


Ingredients

410g can cannellini beans, drained and rinsed

190g jar tuna in olive oil, drained, reserved 2 tbsp of the oil

1 pack fresh basil, cut into strips

1/2 small cucumber, diced

150g pack radishes, halved

1/2 red onion, finely sliced

2 tbsp balsamic vinegar


Method

1. Place the cannellini beans in a bowl. Flake the tuna and add it to the beans.

2. Add the basil to the bowl, with the cucumber, radishes and onion. Season and mix well.

3. Just before serving, drizzle the salad with the vinegar and the reserved olive oil from the tuna. Serve with warm crusty bread.




Tuscan-style tuna and bean salad

(Takes more preparation, so start the day before. Or for a less authentic taste use tinned beans - no soaking required.)

Serves: 4


Ingredients

2 x 190g jars tuna in spring water, drained

2 celery stalks, finely chopped

Juice of 1 lemon

Handful of flat leaf parsley, chopped

Salt and freshly ground black pepper

2-3 tbsp extra virgin olive oil

Lemon wedges, to serve


Beans

3 bay leaves

2 rosemary sprigs

125g dried haricot or cannellini beans, soaked overnight in cold water

4 garlic cloves, unpeeled

3 flat leaf parsley sprigs

3 thyme sprigs


Method

1. Drain the beans and put in a large pan. Cover with plenty of cold water and add the rosemary, bay, thyme, parsley sprigs and garlic. Bring to the boil, reduce the heat and cook for about 1.5 hours or until the beans are tender. Drain and discard the herbs and garlic.

2. Put the tuna in a bowl and break it into chunks. Add the warm beans and celery, along with the lemon juice and parsley. Season well, drizzle with the extra virgin olive oil and toss to mix.

3. Serve at room temperature with lemon wedges.


If you dress the salad while the beans are still warm, they absorb all the flavours of the dressing!

This is great for feeding the hungry hoardes!


Serves: 4


Ingredients

25g dried cep mushrooms (aka dried porcini)

4 tbsp olive oil

1 garlic clove, crushed

70g pack pancetta, finely chopped

200g can tuna in oil, drained and flaked

600g cherry tomatoes, quartered

Salt and freshly ground pepper

400g spaghetti

shavings of Pecorino cheese, to serve


Method

1. Soak the ceps in warm water for 20 minutes, then drain and chop, keep the liquid.

2. Heat the olive oil in a frying pan over a medium heat, add the garlic and fry gently until soft. Add the pancetta and allow to brown a little. Stir in the ceps and tuna and fry for a few minutes, then add the tomatoes and season. 3. Cook for 20 minutes, then stir in about 3 tbsp of the cep liquid to flavour the sauce, and cook for about 5 minutes more.

4. Meanwhile, cook the spaghetti in a large pan of boiling salted water until al dente. Drain and mix the spaghetti with the sauce.

5. Season with black pepper, sprinkle with Pecorino and serve.




Tuna Kedgeree

You serve this hot or cold - if served cold, chill it for a couple of hours.


Serves: 4


Ingredients

250g long grain white rice

200g can skipjack tuna in sunflower oil

195g can sweetcorn, no added sugar or salt

1 pack parsley, chopped

2 medium eggs, hard-boiled, shelled and quartered


Method

1. Cook the rice according to the instructions on the pack.

2. Drain the tuna and sweetcorn, break up the tuna and mix both into the rice with the parsley.

3. Transfer to a serving dish and arrange the egg quarters on top.

Tuna and pesto fishcakes

Great served warm or cold. These can be frozen; let them defrost for 2-3 hours at room temperature - handy for taking on picnics.


Serves: 4


Ingredients

1 x 400g can skipjack tuna in brine, drained and flaked

2 tbsp green pesto

2tbsp half fat crème fraîche (full fat is fine)

4 salad onions, finely chopped

3tbsp fresh breadcrumbs

2 medium eggs, lightly beaten

salt and freshly ground black pepper


Method

1. Preheat the oven to 220°C. Lightly grease a large baking tray.

2. Using a fork, mix all the ingredients together in a bowl. Shape into 24 'cakes' - it works out to be about 1 tbsp mixture for each fishcake - and arrange on the baking sheet.

3. Cook in the oven for 12-15 minutes until lightly brown and firm to the touch.

4. If transporting them, allow to cool first.

Here is a recipe for my favorite cake:


1 can of tuna in spring water

2 eggs

100 g flour

1/5 glass of oil

1/3 glass of milk

6 black olives

salt & pepper

75 g grated cheese

1/2 bg of yeast

butter


Mix all the ingredients, put in the oven, 40 mn, th 7. Serve with lettuce. Enjoy, this is delicous and so easy to prepare!!


Otherwise, just go for the Nautilus products (I know them from SH, I don't know for other cities): each product has a different recipe inside... 1 product 1 idea. good deal and easy to cook.


Enjoy!!

Crab and grapefruit salad

Serves: 4 as a starter or 2 as a main course


Ingredients

55g leaf salad with herbs

170g can white crab meat

1 red grapefruit

2 tomatoes


Method

1. Place the salad on a serving plate.

2. Drain the can of white crab meat and scatter over the salad leaves.

3. Peel and segment the grapefruit, chop and deseed the tomatoes and add to the salad.

4. To serve, drizzle with a lemony, garlicky dressing.

Oh, and for the crab, I usually do the same salad, very easy to prepare in China:


1 can of crab meat in brine (only a few available brands on the market here. I also go for nautilus ;-) )

100 g of cooked rice

50 g soya

2 slices of cooked ham

1 small can of corn

vinaigrette sauce (3 tbsp olive oil + 2 tbsp red wine vinegar + salt + pepper)

coriander


Chop the ham slices into bits. mix all the ingredients. Dress with vinaigrette. Arrange on top with coriander.

Fresh, easy and tasty!!

Crab Dip.


1 tin of crab meat

I tub of cream cheese

I tub of sour cream

coriander (cilantro)

Thai sweet chilli sauce

Packet of plain rice crackers.


Drain crab and to sour cream and cream cheese mix well. Put on serving plate (looks great on a black square plate) drizzle sweet chilli over the top and granish with roughly chopped coriander. Serve with rice crackers

Thanks to all for your inputs, especially Claire who seems to be a very good cook !! I envy the people you invite for diner ! :-)