Mateté de crabes

[JEK]

A seasonal speciality -- land crabs for dinner!
pour 6 personnes :
6 à 8 crabes de terre
200 g de lard fumée
2 belles tomates
4 gousses d'ail
1 bouquet garni composé de ciboulettes, persil , thym
3 citrons verts
1 kg de farine de froment
1 piment
huile
sel et poivre



C'est l'un des plats préférés de tous les Antillais (Guadeloupe, Martinique) qui s'en donnent à coeur joie dans la dégustation pendant les fêtes de Pâques, sur les plus belles plages... que j'aimerais partager avec tous les internautes. Bon appétit


Tim found these crabs being purged and fattened in a backyard a fe years ago. This is the weekend they become mateté!

 

[cassidain]

FYI, mateté is also known as matoutou, which looks more like a créole spelling to me...que dites-vous, Ellemond ?

Dombrés are little flour dumplings that cook in and thicken the sauce of the stew-like dish.

 

[elgreaux]

Crab Matoutou, yep, here's a recipe from Martinique

Total time: 30 to 60 minutes
Preparation time: 5 minutes
Cooking time: 30-35 minutes

Difficulty: Easy
Ingredients
- 10 crabs
- 4 tbsp. vegetable oil
- 4 cloves of garlic, peeled and crushed
- 125 ml (1/2 cup) finely chopped shallots
- 2 onions, minced
- 500 ml (2 cups) uncooked long-grain rice
- 2 or 3 tomatoes
- 2 tbsp. chopped chives
- 1/2 tsp. hot chili, finely chopped
- 1 bay leaf
- 2 tbsp. minced parsley
- 5 limes
- 5 cinnamon cloves
- Salt and pepper
- water

Heat the oil in a large saucepan, sauté the cloves of garlic until golden; drain and set aside;
sauté the shallots in the oil for a few minutes until transparent but not colored;
add the rice and sauté the raw grains for 2 minutes;
add the water, chives, chili, bay leaf, thyme, salt and pepper; bring to a boil over high heat; reduce the heat to minimum, cover the pot and cook for 15 minutes;
add the crab meat in large pieces with the parsley and lime juice; cover and cook for 5 minutes longer over low heat or until the water has been completely absorbed and the crab heated through;
correct the seasoning; fluff the rice with a fork;
present the pot on the table, set over a warmer.

 

[cassidain]

It's back. Beginning Holy Week (March 20) at Chez Rolande, matété de crabes, dombrés et crabe.



If I were down there I would be there.

 

[KevinS]

It's another sign that Easter is coming...

 

[ChasBidd]

The crabs can be found in their holes in the sand. You see many holes on the walk to Saline. I would not try to grab one bare handed. They may be protected.