last night's dinner - Beef Wellington & king crab

AlaskanC

<p />The Wellington turned out really good, although I finished it in my oven instead of the egg.[p]I didn't really cook the crab on the egg, I just thought it was a funny pic. It was cleaned then cooked in saltwater. [p]

drbbq

AlaskanC,[p]WOW! That Wellington is beautiful. Nice job.[p]Can you harvest those crabs yourself or do you have to buy them? Obviously we will never see the likes of that in Florida but it looks awesome.

Car Wash Mike

AlaskanC,
That looks great, how about tips or how tos.
I would love to do one for Easter.
Oven or egg.[p]Mike

Clay Q

AlaskanC,
I'll bring my home made mustard and good Wisconsin I.P.A. beer so we can eat leftovers...if there is any. Gosh, that crab just fits. Fold in the arms, push the head down and he's in.
That's a fun pic. Nice cookin.
Clay

hayhonker

AlaskanC,
Please tell me that's your SMALL egg!!!!

Car Wash Mike

hayhonker,
LOL
It has to be, doesn't it?[p]Mike

Lawn Ranger

AlaskanC,
I humbly bow at your feet. That is incredible! Incredible![p]Mike

ronbeaux

AlaskanC,
Both those pictures are fantastic! Sure would like me a piece of that beef! That crab sure makes ours look small![p]

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AlaskanC

Thanks Ray! [p]We usually set pots out for the crab in the summer - it's just too nasty this time of year to get out there and do it. The crab we bought last night was a golden king crab, and they are caught quite a bit further north of here by the commercial guys.[p]I can't wait 'till summer so we can get out there and set the crab & shrimp pots![p]

BobS

AlaskanC,
Outstanding effort on the beef!!! Really great results and picture. I visited Alaska a little over 20 years ago and we bought fresh king crab and cooked them in sea water. Finally just had to stop eating. Still had a piece in the butter and could not make myself eat it. All in all, it was one of my better days.

AlaskanC

hayhonker,[p]yeah - that's the small. I couldn't get him to stay on the large! [p]

AlaskanC

Mike - I found a recipe on allrecipes.com that worked pretty good. I did the initial cook on the egg, but then finished it in the oven. I didn't have any pate (plus I don't like pate) so I used some pre-made pesto instead. It really added a ton of flavor. It was not hard to make at all!
[ul][li]Beef Wellington[/ul]

AlaskanC

ClayQ,[p]Well I have a little baggie of leftover crab, but no Wellington. I suppose we could make another one!!

AlaskanC

BobS,[p]I know what you mean about the last piece of crab - by the end of summer we almost can't bring ourselves to eat any kind of seafood!

AlaskanC

ronbeaux,[p]Awwww...... crustacean cousins! (what the heck is that thing?)

AlaskanC

Lawn Ranger,[p]The funny thing is that was one of the easiest meals I could make![p]Now kiss my feet loyal subject....lol...

drbbq

AlaskanC,[p]I'll be there one of these days, it's the only state I haven't been to, and when I'm there I'm eating one of those!

ronbeaux

AlaskanC,
Dat der is a crawdad, crawfish, mud bug, etc. And it would take a hell of a lot of them to make up for one of those beauties of yours!!! Straight out of the swamps of the Atchafalya!

Lawn Ranger

AlaskanC,
I don't think we can talk about stuff like that on this forum. )))