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An open faced fresh Dungeness Crab Melt with Lemon Butter Sauce and a Citrus Salad is an easy yet incredible decadent and delicious recipe.
My other favorite recipe to make with crab are my delicious Crab Cakes!
CRAB MELT RECIPE WITH CITRUS GREENS
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Lump Dungeness crab tossed in a lemon butter sauce and topped with melted gruyere is served atop a delicious piece of rustic bread.
For my recipe I incorporated the orange segments into the salad dressing and also served a segment of orange with the salad. YUM!
How to make a crab melt:
You’ll see from my recipe below that this crab melt is really easy to make.
- The first step is to make the lemon butter sauce. The recipe makes more sauce than you’ll need for a single crab dip. Fear not – you can store any excess in the refrigerator for another use.
- To make the crab melt, you’ll start by brushing olive oil onto the Rustik Sourdough bread and toasting in a hot oven.
- Next you’ll mound your fresh crab meat on top of the toasted bread, drizzle it with the lemon butter sauce, and top with a slice of gruyere. Then, simply heat in the oven until it’s nice and melty.
- This crab melt is so rich and decadent, you will surely want to serve it alongside a fresh salad with the citrus dijon dressing.
This entire meal only takes minutes to put together and is heaven on a plate!
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Ingredients
Crab Melt
- 1 slice sour dough bread Rustik Sour Dough recommended
- 1 teaspoon olive oil
- 4 ounces fresh Dungeness crab meat
- 1 slice Gruyere cheese
- 1/2 ounce lemon butter sauce (recipe to follow)
Lemon Butter Sauce:
- 1 shallot minced
- 1/2 cup white wine
- 2 sprigs fresh thyme
- 1 lemon wedge
- 1/2 cup heavy cream
- 2 tablespoons butter
Citrus Salad:
- 1 ounce micro greens
- 1 tablespoon fresh orange juice Vintage Sweets recommended
- 1/2 teaspoon dijon mustard
- 1 tablespoon olive oil
- salt and pepper to taste
- 1 segment Vintage Orange for garnish
Instructions
To make the Lemon Butter Sauce:
- Simmer shallot, white wine, thyme and lemon wedge in a sauce pan until the white wine begins to evaporate. Add heavy cream and simmer for another 8 minutes. Remove from heat and add butter. Stir and enjoy.
To make the Crab Melt:
- Heat oven to 400 degrees F.
- Brush sourdough with the olive oil and bake in oven for 3 minutes on a heat safe dish. Remove bread from oven and top with the crab meat. Make sure that the crab meat is packed tightly and not loose.
- Drizzle the lemon butter sauce over the crab meat. Top with the Gruyere cheese. Place the bread back into the oven and bake for another 5 minutes. Remove and enjoy while hot!
To make the Citrus Salad:
- In small bowl, whisk together the orange juice and dijon mustard. Slowly drizzle olive oil into dish while continuously whisking to create dressing. Season with salt and pepper, as desired. Toss with micro greens and top salad with segmented orange wedge. Serve along side crab melt.
Nutrition
Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.
This looks like a restaurant dish! So nice to have it with a refreshing citrus drink or white wine.
Now after reading your post, I want Vintage Sweets so bad!
The lemon butter sauce really made this recipe so flavorful, loved it thank you!!
Oh my goodness, this looks so freaking delicious. I love seafood, and the butter, yes, please! Awesome recipe that I can’t wait to try!
What’s not to love about this dish?! So unique and so full of flavor! Delish!
I used to live in the Bay Area and waited every year patiently for Dungeness Crab season to start so I can eat as much as I possibly can. This is something that I really miss. When the crab season starts, I’m so going to make this. Thanks for sharing!
When I first saw the picture of the crab melt I thought it was sitting atop a portobello mushroom.How do you think that would go?
Recipe. as is looks beyond delicious and I have had the Rustik bread before – it’s a winner!
I think the mushroom would both add to the richness as well as compliment it. YUM!
I cannot find your recipes. Very difficult to to navigate through your site. I was interested in crab 🦀 melt but unable to get to the recipe
Hi Kathie, Sorry you’re having difficulty. Just need to scroll down and you’ll see the recipe. I’ll make some formatting changes today to maybe add a border or something to help it stand out.