Hearts Of Palm Salad With Fried Soft-Shell Crabs, Dressing

Recipe Ingredients

		Cucumber Yogurt Dressing
1 cup	237ml	Plain yogurt
2 tablespoons	30ml	Honey
2 tablespoons	30ml	Fresh lime juice
1/8 teaspoon	0.6ml	Salt
1/8 teaspoon	0.6ml	Freshly-ground white pepper
1/2 cup	73g / 2.6oz	Finely-chopped seeded cucumbers
		Fried Soft Shell Crabs
2 cups	474ml	Buttermilk
2		Eggs
		Salt - to taste
		Freshly-ground black pepper - to taste
4		Soft-shell crabs - cleaned
		Essence - to taste
		= (see Bayou Blast recipe)
1/2 cup	31g / 1.1oz	Flour
1/2 cup	31g / 1.1oz	Cornmeal
		Salad & Assembly
2		Bibb lettuce - cores trimmed,
		And quartered
1/2 lb	227g / 8oz	Fennel bulb - tops removed,
		And fronds reserved for garnish
1		Hearts of palm - (14 oz) - drained, and
		Quartered on the bias
4		Oranges - peeled, segmented
2		Vine-ripened tomatoes - (abt 4 oz ea) - cut into eighths

Recipe Instructions

Preheat the fryer to 360 degrees.

For the Cucumber-Yogurt Dressing: Combine the yogurt, honey, lime juice, salt, and pepper in a medium bowl. Whisk to blend. Add the cucumber, and mix well.

For the Fried Soft-shell Crabs: Combine the buttermilk and eggs in a shallow pan and beat well and season with salt and pepper. Place crabs in buttermilk mixture and marinate for 1 hour. Combine flour and cornmeal and season with Essence. Remove the crabs from the marinade and let excess drip off. Dredge in the cornmeal mixture. Fry until golden brown and remove to a paper towel lined plate. Season with Essence.

For the Salad & Assembly: Arrange 2 lettuce quarters on each of 4 large plates. Top each with a portion of the shaved fennel. Arrange 2 sliced hearts of palm decoratively around the rim of the plate, and orange segments around the lettuce. Place 2 pieces of tomato at each of the 4 points of the plate. Drizzle the Cucumber-Yogurt Dressing decoratively over the salad, and sprinkle with freshly ground black pepper. Serve immediately.

This recipe yields 4 servings.

Source:
EMERIL LIVE with Emeril Lagasse - (Show # EM-1F25) - from the TV FOOD NETWORK

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