Balmain bug salad
Summary
Yield
Source World Food Wine
Prep time 20 minutes Recipes Lunch Light meal Salads Oceania Fish & seafood Very easy Dressings Chill Australia
Description
This salad is a specialty of Sydney. Contrary to what might look, balmain bugs are not insects. Balmain bugs are a type of slipper lobster, not a true lobster, but they have a taste and texture similar to the real one.
If you cannot find balmain bugs -they are usually sold in fish markets along Australian eastern coast, especially Sydney- any crustacean will be a boog substitute. Substitute balmain bugs with prawns, shrimp, crab or lobster -use 1 lobster, cooked and prepared for this recipe.
Ingredients
2 Tablespoon natural yogurt 1⁄2 Clove garlic cloves 4 Tablespoon olive oil 1 Cup cherry tomatoes 12 balmain bugs (cooked and prepared) 1 Tablespoon lemon juice (freshly squeezed ) 1 red onion (thinly sliced) 1 avocado ( large, ripe and sliced) 1⁄2 Cup snow peas or mangetout 2 Tablespoon fresh basil leaves ( roughly chopped)
Instructions
Dressing
Make the dressing with yogurt, a little garlic, lemon juice, and olive oil. Mix all the ingredients, whisking briskly to make an even emulsion. Season with salt and pepper to your taste.
Salad
Remove the meat from the balmain bugs and chop roughly. Toss with the remaining ingredients in a bowl. Distribute the salad between two plates, drizzle over the dressing. You are ready to serve!
ingredients, metric
For the dressing
30 ml
natural yogurt
½ clove
garlic
15 ml
freshly squeezed lemon juice
50 ml
olive oil
For the salad
12
cooked, prepared balmain bugs
225 g
cherry tomatoes
1
large, ripe avocado, sliced
1
small red onion, thinly sliced
50 g
snow peas or mangetout
2 tbs
basil leaves, roughly chopped
Servings: 2
Nutrition facts
Percent daily values based on a 2000 calorie diet. Nutrition information calculated from recipe ingredients.
Amount Per Serving
Calories
575.39
Calories From Fat (63%)
362.37
% Daily Value
Total Fat 41.77g
64%
Saturated Fat 5.80g
29%
Cholesterol 105.33mg
35%
Sodium 578.55mg
24%
Potassium 1231.21mg
35%
Carbohydrates 19.14g
6%
Dietary Fiber 7.97g
32%
Sugar 1.44g
Sugar Alcohols 0.00g
Net Carbohydrates 11.17g
Protein 34.00g
68%
Notes
Balmain bugs are common in the fish markets along the eastern Australian coast. At 4 in (20 cm), they look like over sized prawns than prawns with a shape similar to a trilobites. The tail is the edible part, like prawns; heads and bodies can be used for stock. The meat is as sweet as prawns, texture slightly firmer than prawns.
Summary
| Yield | |
|---|---|
| Source | World Food Wine |
| Prep time | 20 minutes |
| Recipes | Lunch Light meal Salads Oceania Fish & seafood Very easy Dressings Chill Australia |
Description
This salad is a specialty of Sydney. Contrary to what might look, balmain bugs are not insects. Balmain bugs are a type of slipper lobster, not a true lobster, but they have a taste and texture similar to the real one.
If you cannot find balmain bugs -they are usually sold in fish markets along Australian eastern coast, especially Sydney- any crustacean will be a boog substitute. Substitute balmain bugs with prawns, shrimp, crab or lobster -use 1 lobster, cooked and prepared for this recipe.
Ingredients
| 2 | Tablespoon | natural yogurt |
| 1⁄2 | Clove | garlic cloves |
| 4 | Tablespoon | olive oil |
| 1 | Cup | cherry tomatoes |
| 12 | balmain bugs (cooked and prepared) | |
| 1 | Tablespoon | lemon juice (freshly squeezed ) |
| 1 | red onion (thinly sliced) | |
| 1 | avocado ( large, ripe and sliced) | |
| 1⁄2 | Cup | snow peas or mangetout |
| 2 | Tablespoon | fresh basil leaves ( roughly chopped) |
Instructions
Dressing
Make the dressing with yogurt, a little garlic, lemon juice, and olive oil. Mix all the ingredients, whisking briskly to make an even emulsion. Season with salt and pepper to your taste.
Salad
Remove the meat from the balmain bugs and chop roughly. Toss with the remaining ingredients in a bowl. Distribute the salad between two plates, drizzle over the dressing. You are ready to serve!
Servings: 2 Nutrition factsPercent daily values based on a 2000 calorie diet. Nutrition information calculated from recipe ingredients. |
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Notes
Balmain bugs are common in the fish markets along the eastern Australian coast. At 4 in (20 cm), they look like over sized prawns than prawns with a shape similar to a trilobites. The tail is the edible part, like prawns; heads and bodies can be used for stock. The meat is as sweet as prawns, texture slightly firmer than prawns.
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Remarkable
Slipper lobsters or shovel-nosed lobsters are related to balmain bugs.