Ingredients

The following ingredients have 5 Servings
  • 1 lb. fresh lump crabmeat, picked over for shell fragments
  • 1/4 cup mayonnaise<br>
  • 1 celery stalk, finely diced<br>
  • 1 Tbs. snipped fresh chives
  • 1 shallot, minced
  • Juice from 1/2 lemon
  • Sea salt, to taste
  • 1 English cucumber<br>
  • 1/4 tsp. paprika
  • Dill or fennel flowers for garnish (optional)<br>

Instruction

  • In a bowl, stir together the crabmeat, mayonnaise, celery, chives, shallot, lemon juice and salt.
  • Slice the cucumber thinly on the diagonal. Place a dollop of the crab mixture on top of each cucumber slice, sprinkle with the paprika and garnish with flowers. Arrange on a platter and serve immediately. Serves 4 to 6.
  • Adapted from Williams-Sonoma <i>Cooking for Friends,</i> by Alison Attenborough and Jamie Kimm (Oxmoor House, 2008).