Crab and pea bruschetta
Serves: 4 as a starter
Prep time: 25 minsTotal time: 
Recipe photograph by Ant Duncan
Crab and pea bruschetta
Delicate, sweet peas have a natural affinity with crab. Here, the brown crab meat is mixed with mayo for the bruschetta base, while the flaky white meat is tossed with lime, chilli, coriander and peas for a zingy topping. These quick and easy toasts are lovely served as a starter or light lunch
Serves: 4 as a starter
Prep time: 25 minsTotal time: 
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Nutritional information (per serving)
Calories
214Kcal
Fat
9gr
Saturates
1gr
Carbs
18gr
Sugars
2gr
Fibre
2gr
Protein
15gr
Salt
0.8gr
Abigail Spooner
Abi is our Head of Food. She loves the precision and creativity of baking, turning fridge odds-and-ends into a weeknight pasta, and is always bookmarking new restaurants to try. She's happiest hosting friends around a table overflowing with food (and insisting everyone has seconds) or planning holidays around what to eat.
Abigail Spooner
Abi is our Head of Food. She loves the precision and creativity of baking, turning fridge odds-and-ends into a weeknight pasta, and is always bookmarking new restaurants to try. She's happiest hosting friends around a table overflowing with food (and insisting everyone has seconds) or planning holidays around what to eat.
Ingredients
- 100g small fresh peas or frozen petits pois
- 2 x 100g packs white and brown crab (we used The Good Tide Seafood Co.)
- 25g mayonnaise
- zest and juice of ½ lime, plus wedges to serve
- 1 small red chilli, deseeded and finely chopped
- small handful of coriander, leaves finely chopped, plus extra sprigs to serve
- 4 small-medium slices crusty bread (we used slices from a 400g sourdough bloomer)
- 1 tbsp olive oil
Step by step
Get ahead
Prepare up to the end of step 3 a couple of hours ahead and store in the fridge. Toast the bread and assemble to serve.
- Bring a saucepan of salted water to the boil. Blanch the peas for 2 minutes, then drain and refresh in a bowl of iced water. Drain again once cold.
- Separate the brown crab meat from the white as best you can. Stir the brown crab meat together with the mayonnaise in a bowl, season to taste and set aside.
- Place the white crab meat in another bowl and stir through the lime zest and juice, chopped red chilli, coriander and peas. Season to taste.
- Lightly brush the bread slices with olive oil then toast on both sides on a hot griddle pan. Spread each slice of toast with the brown crab mayo mixture and top with the white crab and pea mixture. Garnish with a sprig of coriander and serve with extra lime wedges if you like.
Waste not
Store leftover chillies in a food bag or airtight container in the freezer. Finely grate them directly from frozen to make a chilli ‘dust’ that can be sprinkled over fish, pasta dishes, salads and more.
