Crab

This riff on the classic prawn cocktail is dressed to impress.

This crunchy, fragrant prawn and crab toast recipe makes for a tasty snack at cocktail hour.

This crab recipe is best eaten outside, with sleeves rolled up, in a drippy finger-licking mess.

This simple crab salad is sure to impress with its fragrant Thai dressing and herbs.

A simple yet stunning seafood pasta where blue swimmer crab is the hero.

Ring in the festive season with this fun recipe for chilli, gin and orange salt-baked spanner crab served with skordalia.

Feeling crabby? This Thai chilli and mango mud crab is a definite cure-all.

The type of pasta dish we'd happily eat year-round.

The perfect marriage of sweet, fresh crab with curry flavours.

Add a little luxury to your midweek dinner.

One-bite wonders.

A colourful, gutsy South East Asian favourite, this is a dish worth getting your hands dirty for. Roll up your sleeves and give it a crack.

"This is one of my very favourite curries, and one I like to cook for any occasion worth celebrating," says Carey.

Add a squeeze of lemon and you're set.

The Shanghai dumpling goes luxe. We've stuffed ours with picked crabmeat, but the traditional, slurpable stock still remains.

A luxurious soup that's a cinch to pull together.

Sure, it's messy to eat. That just makes it more fun.

Spanner crab, avocado and toast. Is there a more Australian way to start your dinner party?

This Provençal staple may have had humble beginnings, but it’s the undisputed king of fish stews.

Fact: fried-shallot butter makes everything taste better.

Dan Hong shares his recipe for a stunning main course of crab stir-fried with Chinese flavours such as ginger, spring onion and XO sauce.

Roasted mud crab dressed with its own juice, then enlivened even more with tangy mayonnaise - does lunch get much better than this?

While crab and fish sounds like a rich combination, there's plenty of fresh flavour going on here to balance things out.

All the good stuff in one bowl.

"This dish has been a mainstay since Liberté opened," says chef Amy Hamilton. "It's pure party food; fun, and deceptively easy."

When it comes to crab, it's often best to keep things simple. Here that means a flavoured oil, some breadcrumbs and herbs as the background notes.

A fluffy omelette with all the trimmings, direct from Proud Mary Café in Collingwood.

This Caribbean salad is summer in a bowl. The green banana may seem an unusual addition, but works really well in the mix. Chopped cooked prawn meat, meanwhile, works beautifully in place of the crab.

Christine Manfield's coconut crab and green mango salad- Combine crab and 100ml of dressing in a large bowl and stand for 5 minutes for flavours to mingle.

A simple but tasty recipe for mud crab with a butter and curry leaf sauce.

This Ligurian pasta dish combines the best of the land and sea with delicate swimmer crab and robust green pasta.

This tender crab meat salad makes an excellent entrée. The chapons make it - they're croûtons that have been rubbed with garlic.

A simple yet elegant dinner. The secrets? Good seafood – chopped cooked prawns also work a treat – and keeping the eggs just set.

Montrachet's double-baked crab soufflés are superb - thankfully, they've shared the recipe so you can enjoy them at home.

As we count down to our 50th anniversary, we're taking a look back at old recipes. This fried rice dish - a classic comfort food - was inspired from our July-August 1966 issue.

“Cassava (known as manioc or, in Rio, aipim) is a major ingredient in Brazilian cooking, and versions of bolinhos – fried balls – are found in all the best botecos in Rio,” says Burgess.

This recipe is inspired by a dish Robert Marchetti served during his time at Icebergs.

Think of this as a simpler version of bouillabaisse with all the flavour, but less work

Lisa Featherby recipe for fried rice with crab, egg and cucumber.

Lisa Featherby recipe for fast tostadas with radish, crab and jalapeño salsa.

Phil Wood recipe for crab omelette from Rockpool, Sydney for Gourmet Institute.

Ryan Squires recipe for blue swimmer crab, almond and preserved apple from Esquire, Brisbane for Gourmet Institute.

A classic fried rice dish that has it all.

This curry is light and easy to prepare, and crab always goes down a treat. If you’re averse to dispatching your own crab, buy a cooked one and skip the second step.

Recipe for puffed rice salad with green chilli chutney and crab by Adam D'Sylva from Melbourne restaurant Tonka for Gourmet Institute.

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Recipe for southern calamari and fennel salad in crab sauce by David Moyle from Franklin in Hobart.

Australian Gourmet Traveller recipe for crab and celery mayonnaise on crostini.

Australian Gourmet Traveller recipe for crab omelette with miso butter.

A luxurious seafood dish from the Melbourne favourite.

Australian Gourmet Traveller recipe for crabby baked potatoes.

Australian Gourmet Traveller recipe for bibimbap from Moon Park, Sydney.

Australian Gourmet Traveller recipe for mud crab sandwich by Shannon Bennett.

Australian Gourmet Traveller recipe for ginger and coconut crab.

Australian Gourmet Traveller recipe for soy-milk custard and crab by Andrew McConnell from Supernormal in Melbourne.

Australian Gourmet Traveller recipe for spicy crab and green papaya salad on lettuce leaves.

Australian Gourmet Traveller fast recipe for spaghettini with crab, chilli and rocket.

Kylie Kwong's stir-fried blue swimmer crab with salted black bean, chilli and native basil.

Australian Gourmet Traveller recipe for pig's tails with corn and crab salad by Colin Fassnidge.

This crab, mint and lemon pasta comes together in just 30 minutes.

Australian Gourmet Traveller recipe for shrimp and crab gumbo.

One of the most satisfying - and surely the most famous - of all crab dishes, Singapore's chilli crab is designed for hands-on, sleeves-rolled-up feasting. Gather round.

This simple Vietnamese-styled roasted Crab recipe adds a delicious hoppy flavour by adding beer into the mix.

Australian Gourmet Traveller recipe for crab and cucumber cocktail sandwiches.

Australian Gourmet Traveller recipe for egg custards with hazelnuts, trout roe and lemon balm.

Australian Gourmet Traveller recipe for fried rice from Andrew McConnell, Golden Fields

Australian Gourmet Traveller recipe for spaghettini with Hawkesbury mud crab, garlic, chilli, lemon and parsley by Dietmar Sawyere.

Australian Gourmet Traveller recipe for crab and avocado tortillas.

Australian Gourmet Traveller fast recipe for crab, corn and mint fritters with lemon-paprika mayonnaise.

Australian Gourmet Traveller fast Asian-style seafood recipe for ginger and beer steamed crab

Australian Gourmet Traveller fast food recipe for warm mussel, potato and crab salad

A light, refreshing appetiser for your next dinner party.

A Gourmet Traveller Greek-style recipe for crab salad with cherry tomatoes and capers.

A Gourmet Traveller recipe for a Scandinavian seafood feast with salads and assorted condiments.

A dish this easy to throw together shouldn't look so elegant – or taste so complex. But this zucchini flower, dill and crab linguine delivers on all fronts.

Australian Gourmet Traveller fast seafood recipe for spaghetti and crab

Australian Gourmet Traveller Italian pasta main course recipe for bigoli with crab, tomatoes and anchovy

Australian Gourmet Traveller fast food recipe for crab, cha siu and corn ramen noodle soup

Australian Gourmet Traveller Italian fast food recipe for zuppa di pesce

Australian Gourmet Traveller fast food recipe for crab, coconut and mint dip with cassava crackers

Australian Gourmet Traveller fast recipe for asian-style crab omelette