The thing about living near to the sea is that you have this wonderful free resource that to be honest, we really don't make the most of. We actually spend more time at the beach in the winter than we do in the summer as that way, we avoid the tourists! So anyway, in the spirit of trying to find lots of (cheap) things to do to fill up the half term holiday we decided to try out something new. Crabbing. So last week the little man and I headed off to our favourite seaside haunt (Brightlingsea) armed with a crabbing line, a bucket and a slice of ham pinched from the fridge.
I thought it would be a much trickier operation but popped the ham in the bag unwound a bit of line and lobbed it off the steps. Waited a few mins and reeled it back in to find this monster trying for a meal. A crab on the first strike. Admittedly not big enough to eat but certainly feisty enough to snap at our fingers. Next time we'll have to take a bigger bucket as there was only space for one crab at a time in it and we actually caught loads. Brilliant fun and a wonderful way to spend a sunny afternoon. We were as they say, hooked.
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These are shore crabs and whilst throwing the smaller ones back is a good idea, the larger ones - say 2" across - can be used to make crab bisque. Reduce the bisque right down (before the adding cream stage) and then add only a little cream and you have the most decadent crab sauce.
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