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Origin
San Sebastián, Basque Country
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Description
San Sebastián's celebration dish — live spider crab (txangurro) is cooked, disassembled, and the meat combined with a slow sofrito of tomato, onion, brandy, and txakoli, then returned to the shell and gratinéed under breadcrumbs. The empty carapace becomes both presentation vessel and flavour catalyst — the briny interior seasoning everything cooked within it. This is the Basque approach to luxury: the ingredient is the ingredient. No cream, no masking sauces. The coral and the interior juices are scraped clean and incorporated into the sofrito. Nothing of value is discarded.
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