Chilled spiced tomato and spanner crab

Name: Chilled spiced tomato and spanner crab
Cook time: 30 min
Yield: 6
Cuisine: Modern Australian
Ingredients: 1.5kg very ripe large red tomatoes; 1 tsp salt; 1 tsp sugar; 2 tsp roasted and ground cumin; 1 tsp chilli sauce (I like Cholula, but any "salsa picante" will do the job); cracked black pepper; 300g cooked spanner crab meat; 1 lemon, zest only; 20 purple basil or salad burnet leaves; extra virgin olive oil; Aleppo pepper to taste

Matt McConnell

December 12, 2017

Chilled spiced tomato and spanner crab.Kristoffer Paulsen

easyTime:< 30 minsServes:6

This is a great way to use very ripe red tomatoes for a clean and refreshing chilled soup. I love the slightly sweet and spicy flavour of Aleppo pepper (a type of chilli), which pairs beautifully with both the crab and tomato.

Ingredients

1.5kg very ripe large red tomatoes
1 tsp salt
1 tsp sugar
2 tsp roasted and ground cumin
1 tsp chilli sauce (I like Cholula, but any "salsa picante" will do the job)
cracked black pepper
300g cooked spanner crab meat
1 lemon, zest only
20 purple basil or salad burnet leaves
extra virgin olive oil
Aleppo pepper to taste

Method

Grate the whole unpeeled tomatoes by placing them on box grater with the eye facing down and press hard. You will make a juicy red pulp, discard the skins. Season with the salt, sugar, cumin and chilli sauce. Add some black pepper and test the seasoning. Blend with a stick blender until medium smooth. Place in the fridge and allow to cool.
To serve, place chilled tomato in soup bowls and scatter the crab over the top. Grate a little lemon zest on top of each bowl and garnish with the herbs, a few drops of olive oil and a little Aleppo pepper.