This is a great appetizer or light lunch dish, stretching crab cleverly with crunchy, light celery root and a rich-seeming mayonnaise sauce that plays up the flavors but doesn't carry a heavy load. I served some on lettuce leaves and some on endive leaves for variety. I used the leftovers on pasta. I followed the recipe exactly. We served this New Year's Eve and everyone loved it. (Good with champagne.)
Crab and Celery Root Rémoulade
Photo: John Autry; Styling: Leigh Ann Ross
Yield: 12 servings (serving size: 2 filled leaves)
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Nutritional Information
Amount per serving
- Calories: 70
- Fat: 4g
- Saturated fat: 0.6g
- Monounsaturated fat: 2.1g
- Polyunsaturated fat: 1.2g
- Protein: 4.5g
- Carbohydrate: 4.4g
- Fiber: 0.7g
- Cholesterol: 20mg
- Iron: 0.5mg
- Sodium: 155mg
- Calcium: 38mg
Ingredients
- 2 cups shredded peeled celery root (about 1 pound)
- 1/2 cup finely chopped red onion
- 8 ounces lump crabmeat, drained and shell pieces removed
- 3 tablespoons mayonnaise
- 1 tablespoon Dijon mustard
- 1 tablespoon fresh lemon juice
- 1 teaspoon finely chopped tarragon
- 1/4 teaspoon kosher salt
- 1/4 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
- 1/8 teaspoon ground red pepper
- 2 tablespoons olive oil
- 24 baby Boston lettuce leaves
Preparation
- 1. Combine first 3 ingredients in a medium bowl.
- 2. Combine mayonnaise and next 6 ingredients (through red pepper) in a small bowl, stirring with a whisk. Gradually add oil, stirring well with a whisk. Drizzle dressing over crab mixture, tossing well to combine. Spoon about 1 1/2 tablespoons crab mixture in center of each lettuce leaf.
Crab and Celery Root Rémoulade Recipe at a Glance
- COURSE: Appetizers, Hors d'Oeuvres
- CONVENIENCE: Entertaining, Make-Ahead, Quick/Easy
- CUISINE: American
- MAIN INGREDIENT: Shellfish, Vegetables
- DIETARY CONSIDERATION: Low Carbohydrate, Low Cholesterol, Low Saturated Fat
- PUBLICATION: Cooking Light
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