Bord Bia has launched a seafood campaign for Christmas.
Providing a nice twist on the usual Christmas food and recipe features, and promoting seafood as an ideal choice for Christmas, Bord Bia's recipes aim to highlight the diverse range and availability of seafood landed by local fishermen and to encourage shoppers to buy them from their local supermarket or fishmonger.
Up first is the delicious Crab Tacos.
Crab Tacos
This is a great recipe and best of all there is no cooking involved.
Time: 25 minutes.
Serves: four.
Ingredients:
300g cooked crab meat.
30ml low fat mayonnaise.
Juice ½ lime.
Two tablespoons of fresh chives, finely chopped.
Salt and freshly ground black pepper.
Salad
One yellow pepper, deseeded and finely sliced.
½ small cucumber, halved lengthways, deseeded, and sliced.
Small bunch fresh coriander, roughly chopped.
Two scallions, finely sliced.
Juice of ½ lime.
One tablespoon of olive oil.
Tomato and avocado salsa
200g cherry tomatoes, quartered.
One avocado, peeled, and diced.
½ small red onion, very finely diced.
1 red chilli, diced very finely.
Juice ½ lime.
Handful fresh mint leaves, chopped.
To serve: coriander and mint leaves to garnish and lime wedges to serve.
Use eight small tortillas or taco shells – two per person.
Check through the crab meat and discard any pieces of shell. Squeeze out any liquid then combine the crab meat, mayonnaise, lime juice, and chives. Mix well, taste, and season. Set aside while you prepare the salad and salsa.
Mix all the salad ingredients together, including the lime juice and olive oil, then taste and season. In a separate bowl mix all the ingredients for the salsa, taste, and season.
To assemble: warm the tortillas or taco shells as per packet instructions. Then fill each with a spoonful of salad, then add some of the crab mixture and top with the salsa. Garnish with some coriander and mint leaves and serve with a lime wedge on the side. Alternatively, place the various elements in bowls in the middle of the table and to keep in line with Covid guidelines, have one person serve.
