Crab and Dough the Androsian Way, part 2

First make sure you have followed all of the steps in part 1 http://bahamasissues.com/showpost.php?p=294782&postcount=1
or that you have coerced a family member to send you some via mailboat or plane
or and this is your last resort, you have purchased half a dozen at some exorbitant rate from a roadside vendor on the dirty streets of Nassau!

1. Clean the crab bodies, fins and biters under plenty of running water, scrub with a hard nail brush to remove all dirt. Use a toothbrush to scrub between their "toes"

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v489/androsann/Crabs/13.jpg

2. Put cleaned crabs into a pot, add seasonings, salt, hot pepper, lime juice, maybe some garlic and thyme.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v489/androsann/Crabs/14.jpg

3. Make the dough. Put flour, salt and baking powder into a bowl

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v489/androsann/Crabs/15.jpg

4. Add some fat, shortening, margarine or butter and rub in with the fingertips until incorporated and no large lumps remain. You could stir in some finely grated coconut at this stage to make a coconut dough

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v489/androsann/Crabs/16.jpg

5. Add enough water to make a fairly soft, pliable dough

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v489/androsann/Crabs/17.jpg

6. Turn on to a floured board and knead until smooth

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v489/androsann/Crabs/18.jpg

7. Shape into a round large enough to cover the crabs in the pot

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v489/androsann/Crabs/19.jpg

8. Add water to the pot of crabs, just enough to come about half way up the crabs.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v489/androsann/Crabs/20.jpg

9. Place the dough on top of the crabs and tuck it down (just like tucking your kids in in bed :) )

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v489/androsann/Crabs/21.jpg

10. Put pot on stove and cook for about 30 minutes until the dough is risen and firm to the touch.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v489/androsann/Crabs/22.jpg

11. Serve your Crab and dough on a plate, make sure everyone gets a crab body, some fins and biters. Break the crab back from the body, dip the dough into the fat and then crack open the fins, biters and body to extract the meat

Enjoy!

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v489/androsann/Crabs/24-1.jpg

12. The aftermath!

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v489/androsann/Crabs/25.jpg

Bravo, good show!

So there is meat in the body as well?

Looks so simple and easy , I appreciate this, shall attempt it with the coconut.:)

Hey, you put in pictures as well. Thanks AA!
(You need your own recipe section up in BI, hint, hint to Delroy)

Edit - Err, how much flour to shortening AA?

So there is meat in the body as well?
There definitely is Lurker, not much, but part of the enjoyment is cracking up the body and extracting the meat.

If you eat fish heads, it is a similar thing :)

well, I have not eaten crab and dough since I was a child, but in these tough times, coco plum, crab and dough, and what I can catch in the sea ( including turtle! ), will be making up my diet for the foreseeable future....

I always wanted to know how to make crab and dough. Thanks AA. You know I gatta try this.
~The rastaman vibration is positive.~

Crab and Dough the Androsian Way, part 2

First make sure you have followed all of the steps in part 1 http://bahamasissues.com/showpost.php?p=294782&postcount=1
or that you have coerced a family member to send you some via mailboat or plane
or and this is your last resort, you have purchased half a dozen at some exorbitant rate from a roadside vendor on the dirty streets of Nassau!

1. Clean the crab bodies, fins and biters under plenty of running water, scrub with a hard nail brush to remove all dirt. Use a toothbrush to scrub between their "toes"

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v489/androsann/Crabs/13.jpg

2. Put cleaned crabs into a pot, add seasonings, salt, hot pepper, lime juice, maybe some garlic and thyme.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v489/androsann/Crabs/14.jpg

3. Make the dough. Put flour, salt and baking powder into a bowl

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v489/androsann/Crabs/15.jpg

4. Add some fat, shortening, margarine or butter and rub in with the fingertips until incorporated and no large lumps remain. You could stir in some finely grated coconut at this stage to make a coconut dough

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v489/androsann/Crabs/16.jpg

5. Add enough water to make a fairly soft, pliable dough

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v489/androsann/Crabs/17.jpg

6. Turn on to a floured board and knead until smooth

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v489/androsann/Crabs/18.jpg

7. Shape into a round large enough to cover the crabs in the pot

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v489/androsann/Crabs/19.jpg

8. Add water to the pot of crabs, just enough to come about half way up the crabs.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v489/androsann/Crabs/20.jpg

9. Place the dough on top of the crabs and tuck it down (just like tucking your kids in in bed :) )

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v489/androsann/Crabs/21.jpg

10. Put pot on stove and cook for about 30 minutes until the dough is risen and firm to the touch.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v489/androsann/Crabs/22.jpg

11. Serve your Crab and dough on a plate, make sure everyone gets a crab body, some fins and biters. Break the crab back from the body, dip the dough into the fat and then crack open the fins, biters and body to extract the meat

Enjoy!

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v489/androsann/Crabs/24-1.jpg

12. The aftermath!

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v489/androsann/Crabs/25.jpg
THANKS AA, THIS IS WHAT I CALL A MASTER PIECE.

NOW I COULD GO AND TRY TO MAKE CRAB & DOUGH ,THANKS ALOT SIS.

Crab and Dough the Androsian Way, part 2

First make sure you have followed all of the steps in part 1 http://bahamasissues.com/showpost.php?p=294782&postcount=1
or that you have coerced a family member to send you some via mailboat or plane
or and this is your last resort, you have purchased half a dozen at some exorbitant rate from a roadside vendor on the dirty streets of Nassau!

1. Clean the crab bodies, fins and biters under plenty of running water, scrub with a hard nail brush to remove all dirt. Use a toothbrush to scrub between their "toes"

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v489/androsann/Crabs/13.jpg

2. Put cleaned crabs into a pot, add seasonings, salt, hot pepper, lime juice, maybe some garlic and thyme.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v489/androsann/Crabs/14.jpg

3. Make the dough. Put flour, salt and baking powder into a bowl

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v489/androsann/Crabs/15.jpg

4. Add some fat, shortening, margarine or butter and rub in with the fingertips until incorporated and no large lumps remain. You could stir in some finely grated coconut at this stage to make a coconut dough

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v489/androsann/Crabs/16.jpg

5. Add enough water to make a fairly soft, pliable dough

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v489/androsann/Crabs/17.jpg

6. Turn on to a floured board and knead until smooth

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v489/androsann/Crabs/18.jpg

7. Shape into a round large enough to cover the crabs in the pot

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v489/androsann/Crabs/19.jpg

8. Add water to the pot of crabs, just enough to come about half way up the crabs.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v489/androsann/Crabs/20.jpg

9. Place the dough on top of the crabs and tuck it down (just like tucking your kids in in bed :) )

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v489/androsann/Crabs/21.jpg

10. Put pot on stove and cook for about 30 minutes until the dough is risen and firm to the touch.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v489/androsann/Crabs/22.jpg

11. Serve your Crab and dough on a plate, make sure everyone gets a crab body, some fins and biters. Break the crab back from the body, dip the dough into the fat and then crack open the fins, biters and body to extract the meat

Enjoy!

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v489/androsann/Crabs/24-1.jpg

12. The aftermath!

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v489/androsann/Crabs/25.jpg

AWESOME SHOW WAY TO GO GURL!!

There definitely is Lurker, not much, but part of the enjoyment is cracking up the body and extracting the meat.
If you eat fish heads, it is a similar thing :)
I love the fat!!!!

Ann make sure you keep some crabs in the pen for my visit late this year!

I love the fat!!!!
Ann make sure you keep some crabs in the pen for my visit late this year!
Girl, how late is late? wid regretta next week n da family funeral comin up, orders fa crabs comin in quick, fast and in a hurry. I guess we gern haf ta go look fa some more :)

Girl, how late is late? wid regretta next week n da family funeral comin up, orders fa crabs comin in quick, fast and in a hurry. I guess we gern haf ta go look fa some more :)
October...perhaps around mid term when my sis has a break!

October...perhaps around mid term when my sis has a break!
I think I will have to get a little pen to keep some just for you :)

I think I will have to get a little pen to keep some just for you :)
:):)