Fish & Seafood
INGREDIENTS
Crab shell, rinsed, dried, roasted at 180°C for 30 minutes or until lightly browned
Water
Dashi powder
Crab dashi
Coconut cream
Butterfly pea flowers, fresh
Gelatin sheet, bloomed in ice water
Agar agar
Blue powder
METHOD
For crab dashi, combine first 3 ingredients in small stockpot, simmer over very low heat for about 1 hour until flavors are infused, then pass through chinois and reserve for blue crab jelly.
Combine crab dashi with coconut cream and butterfly pea flowers in saucepan, bring to low simmer, then whisk in agar agar powder, continue whisking while simmering for 3–4 minutes to fully hydrate agar agar, then remove from heat and pass through chinois, add bloomed gelatin sheet while warm to melt, then season with blue powder.
Set jelly in lined stainless trays in thin layer in cooler, then punch with ring cutters and reserve for service.