Green crab roe or masinette in Italian, can be removed from green crabs either while the crabs are alive or after they have been cooked. Today I'm showing how they are removed from live crabs, this is important since I will be using the remainder of the crabs to make garum, or naturally fermented crab sauce that will rely on salt and enzymes in the crabs entrails in order to work.
While the roe can be eaten raw, with precautions like any other seafood, I will eventually use this roe to make a simple pasta sauce. In the video below I will demonstrate the method to remove roe from live green crabs.
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