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Crab salad with mixed citrus and radicchio

As part of a collection of recipes using citrus, Toklas head chef Chris Shaw presents a simple salad of crab and citron
Simon Bajada

“It's all about the quality here,” says Chris, “so source the best you can find. Ingredients can be substituted to achieve the same effect, but quality is the most important thing. Citron, sometimes called cedro, is essentially a very large lemon, and is beautiful when sliced incredibly thinly on a mandolin. If you can't get one, use an Amalfi lemon instead.”

Recipe information

  • Yield

    6

Ingredients

1 citron fruit, or Amalfi lemon
4 blood oranges
500g white crab meat
200g pink radicchio
50g fennel fronds or dill chopped
1 lemon, juiced
3 tbsp olive oil

Preparation

  1. Step 1

    Slice the citron into rounds using a mandolin. If using an Amalfi lemon, peel the skin and julienne the peel. Peel and segment the blood oranges using a sharp knife.

    Step 2

    Place the citrus fruits into a bowl, mix in the crab meat, radicchio and fennel fronds or dill, and season with lemon juice, olive oil and salt. Serve immediately.

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