“Italian” crabs
with rice from Thrace

Equipment

  • 1 green cutting surface
  • 1 blue cutting surface
  • 1 vegetable cutting knife
  • 1 general purpose knife
  • 1 pot wide and shallow
  • 1 pool
  • 1 saucepan with one hand
  • 1 wooden spatula

Ingredients

  • 2 blue crabs
  • 1/3 cup choppedleeks
  • Finely choppedfresh coriander
  • 1 medium dry onion,finely chopped
  • ½ fennel, in smallpieces
  • ½ green pepper, insmall pieces
  • ½ red pepper, insmall pieces
  • 100. gr choppedtomato cherries
  • ½ glass of ouzo
  • ½ glass of whitewine
  • 50 gr. butter
  • 100 ml olive oil
  • 200 ml chicken broth
  • 200 gr. rice forrisotto
  • 50 gr. gratedkefalotyri cheese
  • salt
  • black pepper
  • freshly chopped

Instructions

  • We clean the crabs by removing the bottom andtaking out the sand, the entrails and we cut it to 4.
  • If we want, we keep the crab’s lid for decoration.
  • In a wide saucepan put the olive oil to burn; add theleeks, the onion and the fennel and sauté.
  • Add the washed and soaked rice,, lower the heat andstir constantly so that it does not stick.
  • Quench with ouzo and wine, let it drink most of theliquids; add the chicken broth and the tomato cherries.
  • Stir until the rice boils and if necessary add alittle water.
  • Put in the crabs, peppers, coriander, add thecheese, Seasonwith salt and pepper, add the butter and stir until it sets.

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