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Caribbean crab soufflé
Recipe by:
Esmee
A gorgeous seafood souffle with a Caribbean twist. Serve as a starter to a special meal, or for a light lunch with a green salad.
Ready in 1 hour 10 mins
Saved by 36 cook(s)
Ingredients
Serves: 8
- 30g (1 oz) desiccated coconut
- 60g (2 oz) unsalted butter
- 30g (1 oz) celery tops, finely chopped
- 1 clove garlic, minced
- 1/2 teaspoon curry powder
- 1/2 teaspoon dried thyme
- 1/2 teaspoon crushed chillies, such as Schwartz
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- freshly ground black pepper to taste
- 3 tablespoons plain flour
- 280ml (10 fl oz) semi-skimmed milk
- 4 egg yolks
- 225g (8 oz) crab meat
- 6 egg whites, stiffly beaten
- 1/4 teaspoon fresh lemon juice
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Preparation method
Prep: 40 mins | Cook: 30 mins1.
Preheat oven to 200 C / Gas mark 6. Butter a large soufflé dish.
2.
Toast coconut in a small frying pan over low heat.
3.
In a medium frying pan, melt butter over low heat and add the celery tops, garlic, curry powder, thyme, crushed chillies, salt and pepper - cook for 3 minutes. Stir in flour until smooth for about 1 minute. Pour in milk and cook over medium heat, stirring constantly, until mixture comes to a boil and thickens. Set aside and cool slightly. Whisk the egg yolks one at a time into the sauce. Stir in coconut and crab meat.
4.
In medium bowl, beat egg whites and lemon juice with a mixer until stiff, but not dry. Stir 1/4 of the whites into crab mixture. Quickly and gently fold in the remaining whites. Do not deflate the volume. Transfer mixture to the soufflé dish and place it on the bottom shelf of the oven.
5.
Bake for 30 minutes or until golden, puffed and still moist inside.
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Last updated:
15 May 2013
Reviews & comments
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This was the first soufflé i've ever made and it turned out fantastically, absolutely gorgeous, simple to make and to cook. Thankyou so much for uploading this recipe, it's fantastic!
A word of advice for anyone else if they're using an electric oven like me ~ Try not to open the oven door too often to check up on it, the heat can all rush out the door and cause your soufflé to sink if you check it on it too early or too many times. Trust your timings, took just over 40 minutes for mine to go golden
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11 Sep 2012
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Loved it! I cut the recipe in half & I wasn't sure I had enough crab so I added a tin of prawns (rinsed). I also used lime juice instead of lemon. With the exception of the salt, I doubled the spices & increased the coconut a bit. Hubby suggested that, next time, I bake it in individual dishes for a prettier presentation. I had a bottle of sauvignon blanc open so that's what we had but because of the spiciness of the dish, I think a gewurztraminer would make a better pairing. Thansk Claire...this was very good!
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15 Sep 2008
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ILUV2GOLF
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The coconut brings out the sweetness of the crab meat, very tasty. It was gone as soon as it hit the table.
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15 Sep 2008
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KIMAR
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Really easy, and a crowd pleaser.
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15 Sep 2008
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RUMOUR
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REALLY GOOD!!! I loved it!!! My parents loved it and my boyfriend totally loved it!!
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ROWATT
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I made this recipe with fresh crab and it was absolutely phenomenal! Don't be intimidated by the word 'souffle' in the title -- this is the first souffle I have ever made and it turned out beautifully.
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