Cornish Crab Claws with lemon Mayo

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Ingredients

1000g x Cornish Crab Claws cooked from your local fishmonger

1 x Lemon for wedges

0.5 x Lemon for juice

80g Mayonnaise

5 x Drips of Tabasco

40ml Sherry (optional)

25g Butter (optional)

Recommended - use a crab picking tool or the tail end of a teaspoon to help you gt the meat out of every section of the claw!

Method

A great way to enjoy crab meat, pot caught Cornish Crab claws are full of tasty white meat and it's easy and fun to get the meat out!

Method:

1. Crack the Claws with the back of a large cook's knife or crack with a pair of lobster crackers.

2. Mix the juice from half a lemon with the mayonnaise adding 5 drops of tabasco.

3. Serve the crab claws in a large serving plate with the lemon mayo in ramekins and wedges of lemon.

4. Alternatively to serve the crab claws hot. Place them in a roasting tray, drizzle with the sherry, add the butter and roast in a hot oven for 5-6 minutes.

Crab, Brown, Edible

Gill Netting

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Crabs caught thorough entanglement in gill nets are lower quality and outside the 6 mile limit there are smaller minimum landing sizes. Some issues with accidental by-catch with this method. Stocks are healthier off the South Coast

Gill Netting

North Coast (VIIf and VIIg)

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Crabs caught thorough entanglement in gill nets are lower quality and outside the 6 mile limit there are smaller minimum landing sizes. Some issues with accidental by-catch with this method. Stocks are under more pressure off the North Coast.

Potting

North Coast (VIIf and VIIg)

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Potting is a selective and low impact method and within the 6 mile limits Cornwall Inshore Fisheries and Conservation authority monitor and regulate the fishery. Stocks are under more pressure off the North Coast.

Potting

South Coast (area VIIe)

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Potting is a selective and low impact method and within the 6 mile limits Cornwall Inshore Fisheries and Conservation authority monitor and regulate the fishery. Crab Stocks are most healthy off Cornwall's South Coast.