Crabe Farci

Crab shells stuffed with seasoned crabmeat and breadcrumbs.

Ingredients

• 1.5 kg Crab
• 1½ cups Breadcrumbs
• ¾ cup Milk
• 1 Onion
• 5 cloves Garlic
• ½ cup Parsley
• 1 Chili
• 3 tbsp Lime juice
• 4 tbsp Butter
• 2 tsp Salt

Method

1. Cook the crab — Boil the crabs 15 minutes, then pick out all the meat and keep the cleaned shells.
2. Soak the crumbs — Soften the breadcrumbs in the milk.
3. Make the filling — Fry the onion, garlic and chili, then fold in the crabmeat, soaked crumbs, parsley and lime.
4. Fill — Pack the mixture back into the shells and dot with butter.
5. Bake — Cook at 200°C for 20 minutes until the tops brown.
6. Crabe Farci is ready — Serve hot with lime wedges.

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