White, sweet meat in our collection of canned crab

Crab is the easiest crustacean to eat and the hardest to clean. Its meat is white, fibrous and gently sweet, setting it apart from other shellfish, but extracting it from the legs and shell is slow work that puts anyone off. In a tin it comes already picked and ready to use.

Snow crab

It is the species you will find here, and not by chance. Snow crab lives in the very cold waters of the North Atlantic, and that cold is precisely what gives it its character: it grows slowly and develops especially white, fine, long-fibred meat, with a more marked sweetness than crabs from temperate waters. It is the crab used in Japanese and Scandinavian cuisine.

Natural, nothing else

Crab meat is packed natural, with no oil or sauce, because any dressing would mask the gentle sweetness that is its whole charm. That also means there is nowhere to hide: if the meat is not whole and well cleaned, you notice as soon as you open the tin.

How to use it

On a toast with a little mild mayonnaise or a light vinaigrette. In a warm salad, as a filling for piquillo peppers, in tacos or in a rice dish at the end of cooking and off the heat, because it is already cooked and cooking it again dries it out. With a crisp white or a sparkling wine.

Before serving

Room temperature, never fridge-cold, which dulls the sweetness. Drain the juice if you are making a toast, but keep it: it is good for a sauce or a rice dish.

If you are looking for other crustaceans, see our collections of brown crab, spider crab and lobster.

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