Gluten-Free Crab, Fennel, and Grapefruit Cups Recipe

 

Since this recipe calls for readymade ingredients and a bit of chopping and assembling (but no cooking), you can create an elegant appetizer in no time.

Servings 24 Endive Cups

Ingredients

  • 1/3 pound cooked crabmeat
  • 2/3 cup shaved fennel
  • 1 tablespoon
 olive oil
  • 1 tablespoon lemon juice
  • 1 1/2 tablespoons fresh mint cut into extra-thin strips
  • Kosher salt
  • 24 Belgian endive leaves
  • 12 grapefruit segments halved widthwise
  • 1 tablespoon snipped chives
  • Marash or Aleppo pepper for garnish (optional)

Instructions

  1. In a mixing bowl, combine the crabmeat, 
shaved fennel, 
olive oil, lemon juice, and mint. Season with salt to taste. Refrigerate, covered, until ready to serve. Divide the crab salad among 24 endive leaves, top each with half of a grapefruit segment and a sprinkle of snipped chives and Marash or Aleppo pepper, and serve.

Photography Lauren Burke

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