Life All Travel Destinations Entertaining Food All Chefs Recipes Restaurants Wine Pairing Food News Wine All Wine 101 Wine News Wine Regions Wine Varietals Wineries Home > Selector Magazine > Food > Josh Niland’s Hand Picked Spanner Crab Recipe Food Josh Niland’s Hand Picked Spanner Crab Recipe Preparation time 40 minutes Cooking time 8 minutes Serves 4 This dish combines the sweet and delicate nature of the picked crab meat and the richness of the glassy coral sauce. Match this with a smooth and velvet like Pinot Gris such as the Purple Hands Wines Pinot Gris 2017. Fresh from the Adelaide Hills, it shows precision and harmony thanks to super-ripe fruit giving juicy length and satin softness with a touch of beeswax on the finish. Ingredients 4 whole live spanner crabs 100g of table salt for every 1L water Sourdough bread and butter to serve Method Place 400g table salt and 4 litres of water in a large saucepan and bring to a rolling boil. Add crabs and return to the boil. Cook for 6 minutes (adjust cooking time according to weight, for every 100g crab it represents 1 minute so if the crab is 600g that is 6mins + 2mins so 8mins in total. Remove crabs from boiling water to a clean surface and allow to rest for minimum 2mins before picking to allow the meat to continue to cook. Remove triangular flap underneath crab and lift top shell away from body, set aside shell and coral. Lift out and discard feathery gills. Wipe crab with a damp cloth to clean and clean out remaining coral. Cut crab in half horizontally. Pick meat from crab. Set aside. All coral that has been set aside from the top shell of the crab, decant through a fine sieve and gently warm this liquid in a saucepan until thick and glossy approximately 3mins on a medium heat. Combine salt and water to form a paste. Place on centre of serving plate, this is not for consumption but merely for presentation. Place clean crab shell on top of salt paste, re heat sauce (do not boil). Fill shell with crab meat and pour over sauce. Wine Match: Purple Hands Wines Pinot Gris 2017 Food Preparation time 40 minutes Cooking time 8 minutes Serves 4 SHARE Perfect Match Tscharke Girl Talk Savagnin Grenache Blanc Albariño 2022 $17.00 in any 12 $18.00 in any 6 $20.00 each Price | options $17.00 in any 12 bottles Qty Add to cart Amadio Chardonnay 2022 $21.25 in any 12 $22.50 in any 6 $25.00 each Price | options $21.25 in any 12 bottles Qty Add to cart Nikola Estate Chenin Blanc 2022 $21.25 in any 12 $22.50 in any 6 $25.00 each Price | options $21.25 in any 12 bottles Qty Add to cart Bleasdale Blanc de Blancs NV $23.80 in any 12 $25.20 in any 6 $28.00 each Price | options $23.80 in any 12 bottles Qty Add to cart Gudilly Vermentino 2022 $25.50 in any 12 $27.00 in any 6 $30.00 each Price | options $25.50 in any 12 bottles Qty Add to cart JS Wine Sparkling Chardonnay Pinot Noir 2019 $25.50 in any 12 $27.00 in any 6 $30.00 each Price | options $25.50 in any 12 bottles Qty Add to cart Byron & Harold Rags to Riches Chardonnay 2023 $27.20 in any 12 $28.80 in any 6 $32.00 each Price | options $27.20 in any 12 bottles Qty Add to cart Moss Brothers Moses Rock Chardonnay 2023 $27.20 in any 12 $28.80 in any 6 $32.00 each Price | options $27.20 in any 12 bottles Qty Add to cart Hardys HRB Riesling 2020 $29.75 in any 12 $31.50 in any 6 $35.00 each Price | options $29.75 in any 12 bottles Qty Add to cart Wheeler Electric Lines Chardonnay 2021 $29.75 in any 12 $31.50 in any 6 $35.00 each Price | options $29.75 in any 12 bottles Qty Add to cart Howard Vineyard Blanc de Blancs 2023 $29.75 in any 12 $31.50 in any 6 $35.00 each Price | options $29.75 in any 12 bottles Qty Add to cart Long Gully Estate Dry White 2017 $32.30 in any 12 $34.20 in any 6 $38.00 each Price | options $32.30 in any 12 bottles Qty Add to cart Keith Tulloch Chardonnay 2022 $32.30 in any 12 $34.20 in any 6 $38.00 each Price | options $32.30 in any 12 bottles Qty Add to cart Dandelion Vineyards Wonderland of the Eden Valley Riesling 2021 $51.00 in any 12 $54.00 in any 6 $60.00 each Price | options $51.00 in any 12 bottles Qty Add to cart Holyman Chardonnay 2020 $51.00 in any 12 $54.00 in any 6 $60.00 each Price | options $51.00 in any 12 bottles Qty Add to cart Handpicked Highbow Hill Vineyard Chardonnay 2017 $59.50 in any 12 $63.00 in any 6 $70.00 each Price | options $59.50 in any 12 bottles Qty Add to cart First Creek Winemaker's Reserve Semillon 2021 $68.00 in any 12 $72.00 in any 6 $80.00 each Price | options $68.00 in any 12 bottles Qty Add to cart Two Blues Sauvignon Blanc 2014 1 case has been added to your cart. Cart total: xxx 1 case, 12 bottles, 3 accessories Checkout Continue Shopping You might also like Food Lyndey Milan's Barbequed Marron with Garlic & Herb Butter Words by Lyndey Milan on 1 Mar 2017 Food Salmon with Irish potato sauce and green onion butter Food Lyndey Milan's swordfish with lemon, anchovies and garlic Words by Lyndey Milan on 23 Jul 2014