Blue Crab Fitter With Avocado, Citrus, & Thai Pepper Essence

Total Time: 1 hr 10 mins Preparation Time: 1 hr Cook Time: 10 mins

Ingredients

• 1/2 lb shredded fresh blue crab meat (steamed not boiled we prefer jumbo lump)
• 1/4 cup homemade mayonnaise
• 1 tablespoon tabasco sauce (dash)
• 1 teaspoon salt (to taste)
• 2 cups panko breadcrumbs (japanese bread crumbs)
• 2 ripe but firm avocados
• thai peppers, essence
• 1 egg yolk
• 1 whole egg
• 1 lemon, juice of
• 1/2 tablespoon dijon mustard
• 1 1/2 cups canola oil or 1 1/2 cups peanut oil
• 1/2 teaspoon salt (to taste)
• 1/2 teaspoon pepper (to taste)
• 1 orange
• 1 grapefruit
• 1 lime
• 1 blood orange
• 1 pink grapefruit
• 1 honey tangerine
• 3 fresh thai peppers, deseeded & chopped
• 1 fresh red chili pepper, deseeded & chopped
• 2 garlic cloves, chopped
• 3 limes, juice of
• 1/8 cup thai fish sauce or 1/8 cup nam pla
• 1/2 cup maple syrup
• 1 vanilla bean, split & scraped
• 1 cup grapeseed oil or 1 cup canola oil

Recipe

• 1 blue crab fritters:
• 2 combine shredded crab with ¾ cup mayonnaise, tabasco & salt.
• 3 form into six balls and roll them in panko.
• 4 fry in 1â€? deep peanut oil about 350 degrees until golden brown.
• 5 serve in bowl with sliced avocado, citrus supremes, thai pepper essence and vanilla oil.
• 6 garnish with coriander and chives.
• 7 mayonnaise:
• 8 combine eggs, lemon and mustard in food processor.
• 9 process until well-mixed and slowly drizzle in oil until emulsified.
• 10 check continually for texture, salt and pepper to taste.
• 11 refrigerate.
• 12 citrus supremes:
• 13 peel citrus, removing all pith.
• 14 carefully slice citrus between sections to liberate sections.
• 15 reserve.
• 16 thai pepper essence:
• 17 combine all ingredients and refrigerate for at least one hour.
• 18 vanilla oil:.
• 19 combine the vanilla bean and seeds and grapeseed oil in a glass container and let stand for one hour.