{"id":3139,"date":"2012-07-19t22:26:54","date_gmt":"2012-07-20t02:26:54","guid":{"rendered":"\/\/www.bulkreeftv.com\/?p=3139"},"modified":"2016-11-23t16:26:18","modified_gmt":"2016-11-23t16:26:18","slug":"cucumber-crab-soup","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"\/\/www.bulkreeftv.com\/cucumber-crab-soup\/","title":{"rendered":"cucumber crab soup"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>serves 4: allow 2-4 hours chilling time<\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>1 med. sweet onion chopped<\/li>\n<li>2 cloves garlic sliced<\/li>\n<li>extra virgin olive oil<\/li>\n<li>5 large or 6 med. cucumbers, seeded and chopped<\/li>\n<li>1 cup parmesan brodo (prepare by heating parmesan rind in vegetable or chicken stock and straining )<\/li>\n<li>2 cups buttermilk<\/li>\n<li>1\/3 cup mint leaves<\/li>\n<li>cayenne, pinch<\/li>\n<li>zest of 1 lemon<\/li>\n<li>sherry vinegar, a teaspoon or so to taste at the end<\/li>\n<li>lemon juice, to taste at the end<\/li>\n<li>black pepper, to taste<\/li>\n<li>salt, pinch<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>quick pickled onions<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>3 t purple onion, thin slice<\/li>\n<li>4 t red wine vinegar<\/li>\n<li>sugar, pinch<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>topping\/ garnish<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>4 t cucumber skinned, seeded and diced<\/li>\n<li>extra virgin olive oil, drizzle<\/li>\n<li>red chili flake, pinch<\/li>\n<li>sugar, small pinch<\/li>\n<li>1 t white wine vinegar<\/li>\n<li>1 lb. lump crab meat (jonah crab or peekytoe crab would be good too)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>start pickling onions while preparing soup<\/p>\n<p>heat a med. pan over med. heat; add a splash of olive oil. when oil is hot add the onions until they soften, add garlic then cucumbers and toss for about 1 min. (you want color of cucumbers to brighten without them becoming to soft)<\/p>\n<p>add stock, remove from heat and add buttermilk, mint, cayenne, lemon zest then pur\u00e9e in food processor<\/p>\n<p>pass through chinois or sieve pressing out solids (or you can leave it a bit chunky if you prefer)<\/p>\n<p>adjust seasoning with sherry vinegar, lemon juice, salt and pepper<\/p>\n<p>chill for 2-4 hours<\/p>\n<p>remove pickling onions from vinegar and finely chop<\/p>\n<p>in a mixing bowl combine the pickled onions with the crabmeat and rest of topping\/ garnish ingredients<\/p>\n<p>portion chilled soup in bowls and top with equal portions of crab mixture<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>creamy, rich, refreshing with a hint of fresh mint and big chunks of lump crabmeat. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":6127,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[203,204],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"\/\/www.bulkreeftv.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3139"}],"collection":[{"href":"\/\/www.bulkreeftv.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"\/\/www.bulkreeftv.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"\/\/www.bulkreeftv.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"\/\/www.bulkreeftv.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3139"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"\/\/www.bulkreeftv.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3139\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"\/\/www.bulkreeftv.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6127"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"\/\/www.bulkreeftv.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3139"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"\/\/www.bulkreeftv.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3139"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"\/\/www.bulkreeftv.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3139"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}