August 25, 2026
Crab melt
A crab melt is a cheese toastie that has been to the coast. It wants white meat, kept in large flakes, and just enough mustard and lime to stop the cheese flattening it. Twelve minutes from counter to plate.
This recipe comes from Seafood & Eat It, the Newlyn crab company whose hand-picked Cornish crab we stock on the deli counter. Their original is here. We have written ours for a counter, so you can use picked meat from a whole crab or one of their pots.
Ingredients
- 100g picked crab meat, or 1 pot of Seafood & Eat It White Crab (ask the counter and we pick a cooked crab)
- 2 teaspoons of dijon mustard
- 2 tablespoon of mascarpone cheese
- 1 red chili, finely sliced
- A handful of chopped coriander
- Juice a lime
- 1 ciabatta loaf, sliced
- Grated cheese (Cheddar or Gruyère is best)
- Black pepper for seasoning
Method
- Mix the Crab meat with the mustard, mascarpone, chili, coriander and lime.
- Spread over the ciabatta slice and cover with the grated cheese of your choice.
- Toast under the grill until the cheese is bubbling.
Shop this recipe: brown crab, the deli counter and what is on the counter today. Ask us to pick and dress a cooked crab.