Peach And Crab Salad With Mesclun And Herbs Food

PEACH AND CRAB SALAD WITH MESCLUN AND HERBS

Steps:

• Make the syrup: Bring orange juice, sugar, and coriander to a boil in a medium saucepan, stirring until sugar dissolves. Remove from heat, and let cool, covered, for about 30 minutes. Strain mixture through a fine sieve into a bowl, and stir in lime juice.
• Make the salad: Combine peaches, chile, shallot, mint strips, and 1 cup orange-coriander syrup in a bowl. Let stand for 30 minutes.
• Drizzle crab with oil in a bowl, and season with salt and pepper. Transfer peach mixture to bowl with crab using a slotted spoon; reserve syrup. Add mesclun, basil, and remaining tablespoon mint leaves, and gently toss. Drizzle 1/2 cup reserved syrup and some more oil over top of salad. Season with salt and pepper. Serve with baguette.

GRILLED STEAK AND PEACH SALAD

Steps:

• Prepare the steak: Heat the olive oil and rosemary in a small saucepan over low heat, 8 minutes. Remove from the heat and let cool to room temperature. Pat the steak dry, season with salt and black pepper and place in a shallow glass pan. Pour 1 cup of the infused oil over the steak; cover and refrigerate 3 hours, turning the steak occasionally. Remove from the refrigerator about 45 minutes before cooking.
• Heat a grill pan over medium-high heat until very hot. Season the steak with salt and black pepper and grill 5 minutes per side for medium rare. Remove to a cutting board and let rest 10 minutes before slicing.
• Make the dressing: Whisk half of the blue cheese with the sour cream, lemon juice, vinegar and cayenne in a bowl until smooth. Fold in the chives; cover and chill until ready to serve.
• Make the salad: Brush the cut side of the peaches with the remaining 1/4 cup infused oil. Heat the grill pan over medium-high heat. Grill the peaches, cut-side down, 3 minutes. Flip and grill the other side 1 minute to soften. Remove and slice into wedges. Toss the greens and herbs in a large bowl and divide among plates. Top with the steak and peaches; drizzle with the dressing and top with the remaining blue cheese. Season with black pepper.

CRAB SALAD

Steps:

• Gently mix all ingredients in a large bowl. When prepping the crab salad, make sure you keep all ingredients cold and on ice.
• Heat grill.
• Grill the pitas for about 45 seconds per side.
• Serve the crab salad on the pitas.

CRAB MAYONNAISE WITH MELBA TOAST & HERB SALAD

Steps:

• To make the crab mayonnaise, put the egg yolk and mustard in a medium bowl and whisk together. Add a drop of the oil and whisk until completely combined. Gradually add the oil, a drop at a time, then in a thin trickle, whisking continuously until you have a thick mayonnaise. Whisk in the lemon zest and juice, stir in the crabmeat and season to taste. This mix can be made a few hours ahead and kept in the fridge.
• For the Melba toast, heat the grill to high. Place the bread on a baking sheet and toast on both sides until lightly browned. Cut the crusts off the toast, then carefully cut through the middle of each slice horizontally to give you 2 thin slices. Cut each of these into 4 triangles. Put the triangles, untoasted-side up, on the baking sheet and place back under the grill to brown - if they curl up slightly, all the better. The toast can be made a day ahead and kept in an airtight container.
• Assemble the herb salad just before serving: put all the herbs in a bowl, add the shallot and capers, then dress with olive oil and vinegar. Toss everything together until well mixed and you're ready to serve. See our step-by-step guide to plating up..

HERBED CHICKEN, PEACH & FETA SALAD

Steps:

• Pour the boiling-hot stock over the bulgur in a large bowl. Cover with cling film and set aside for 15-20 mins until the stock has been totally absorbed and the grains are tender.
• Meanwhile, slice or tear the chicken into bite-sized pieces, and cut each peach into 12 wedges. Whisk the dressing ingredients together with some seasoning.
• When the bulgur looks dry and has swollen up in the bowl, remove the cling film. Fluff it up with a fork and let cool.
• Roughly chop the herbs just before serving, then toss into the bulgur. Spread over a large platter, then top with the chicken, peaches, pecans and feta. Roughly toss everything together a little. Drizzle over the dressing to serve.

PEA AND CRAB SALAD

Steps:

• Place bacon in a large, deep skillet. Cook over medium-high heat until evenly brown and crisp. Drain, crumble and set aside.
• In a large bowl, mix together the imitation crab, bacon and peas. Stir onion powder into mayonnaise, and then stir into the crab mixture until well blended. Cover and refrigerate. Top with diced tomatoes before serving.

PEA AND CRAB SALAD

Steps:

• Prepare an ice-water bath and set aside. Fill a medium saucepan with water and bring to a boil over high heat; generously salt water and return to a boil. Add snow peas and cook until just tender-crisp. Drain and transfer to ice-water bath to cool. Drain and transfer to a medium bowl. Repeat process with snap and fresh peas. Add pea tendrils to bowl with snow, snap, and fresh peas and set aside.
• In a small bowl, whisk together vinegar and olive oil; season with salt and pepper. Drizzle over pea salad and add crabmeat; toss to combine. Serve.