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Spanner crab is something of a delicacy in southeast Queensland. Check out this tasty spanner crab and leek cob loaf recipe by Melissa Frohloff.
Ingredients
- 4 peeled spanner crab bodies
- 1 cob loaf
- 1 tbsp butter
- 2 cloves garlic, crushed
- 1 leek
- 250g Philadelphia cream cheese, diced
- 1 tbsp butter
- 500g thickened cream
- 450g Perfect Italiano 4 Cheese Melt mix
- Garlic chives to garnish
Method
- Cut the top off the cob loaf and pull out bite-size pieces of bread from the loaf until it is hollow, making sure the shell is still intact. Also break the top apart.
- Finely chop leek, add to a pan with butter and garlic and sauté until leek is transparent.
- Add cream cheese, four cheese mix, thickened cream and leek mixture into a microwave-safe bowl and mix well.
- Heat in the microwave for two minutes.
- Add spanner crab to bowl and mix well.
- Place bread shell on a baking tray with the tufts of bread arranged around the shell.
- Pour the mixture into the hollowed bread shell and bake in a moderate oven for 20-25 minutes or until the mixture has melted and bread is golden.
- Remove from oven and serve hot. Garnish with garlic chives, place remaining claws around cob and serve.
Serves six
