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Crab and smoked salmon club sandwiches

A club sandwich has three slices of bread, filled with a mayonnaise-style dressing. Here is a crab and smoked salmon version with cocktail sauce.

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1 hour 2 min. difficulté

Easy

13.60 €

4 sandwiches

7 Ingredients

Last modified on: October 13^th 2010

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For 4 sandwiches, you will need:

1 100 g crab meat
2 2 slices smoked salmon
3 2 tomatoes
4 ½ lettuce
5 3 tablespoons cocktail sauce
6 2 slices smoked ham
7 12 slices sandwich bread
Total weight: 1,235 grams

Change these quantities to make:

2 sandwiches 4 sandwiches 8 sandwiches 12 sandwiches

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Times for this recipe

Preparation: 60 min.

Cooking: 5 min.

All in all: 1 hour 2 min.

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Step by step recipe

Stage 1 - 9 min.

Prepare cocktail sauce.

Put 100 g crab meat in a bowl with 1 tbs cocktail sauce and mix well.

Set aside.

Stage 2 - 5 min.

Cut 2 slices smoked salmon into small pieces, put in a bowl with 1 tbs cocktail sauce and mix well.

Set aside.

Stage 3 - 20 min.

Peel 2 tomatoes, cut into quarters and discard the insides to get tomato "petals".

Stage 4 - 5 min.

Cut ½ lettuce into fine shreds (chiffonade), put in a bowl with 1 tbs cocktail sauce and mix well.

Set aside.

Stage 5 - 1 min.

Cut 2 slices smoked ham in two and put each half in a hot frying pan for 20 seconds on each side.

Stage 6 - 4 min.

Toast 12 slices sandwich bread.

Stage 7 - 1 min.

Start assembling sandwiches:

Put 1 slice of toast in front of you, add a half slice of fried ham.

Stage 8 - 2 min.

Put on some shredded lettuce.

Stage 9 - 2 min.

Then crab or salmon depending which sandwich you are making.

Stage 10 - 2 min.

Put another slice of toast on top.

Stage 11 - 3 min.

Another layer of salad, 2 tomato quarters and more crab (or salmon).

Stage 12 - 2 min.

Finish with a final slice of toast.

Stage 13 - 1 min.

Fix with 2 tooth-picks to keep it all together.

Stage 14 - 5 min.

Trim sandwich edges with a bread (or other serrated) knife, then cut diagonally into two triangles.

Traditionally, club sandwiches are served in triangle shapes.

Stage 15

Serve 1 crab triangle and 1 salmon triangle per guest.

Remarks

Club sandwiches are very filling, it's a main course rather than a starter.

If you don't like cocktail sauce, don't hesitate to make them with mayonnaise or sauce rémoulade.

Keeping: Several hours in the fridge, covered by a plastic film.

Source: Home made.

Nutritional information

	Proteins (gr)	Carbohydrates (gr)	Fats (gr)	Energy value (in k-calories)	Energy value (in k-joules)
Whole recipe	430 RDI=170 %	2,030 RDI=190 %	380 RDI=60 %	2,450 RDI=120 %	10,250 RDI: 120 %
Per 100 g	40 RDI=10 %	160 RDI=20 %	30 RDI=5 %	200 RDI=10 %	830 RDI: 10 %
Per sandwiches	110 RDI=40 %	510 RDI=50 %	90 RDI=10 %	610 RDI=30 %	2,560 RDI: 30 %

The % figures are calculated in relation to the Recommended Dietary Intake , or RDI of 2,000 k-calories (or 8,400 k-joules) per day for a woman Change to a man

Possible allergens in this recipe: Shellfish, Fish, egg, Sulfites, Mustard, Milk, Gluten

How much will it cost?

For 4 sandwiches : 13.60 €
Per sandwiches : 3.40 €

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Crab meat

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Sandwich bread

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Cocktail sauce

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Smoked salmon

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The 1 comment already posted on this recipe

Yummy. This sounds oh so good!
Posted by Louise september 7^th 2009 at 12:55 n° 1

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