Mushrooms with King Crab and Garlic (Txampis con patas de cangrejo al ajillo)

Another one of our favorite tapas is mushrooms with king crab, garlic and cayenne pepper.

Ingredients:

12 mushrooms, stems removed

1/4 onion

2 garlic cloves, minced

2 dried cayenne peppers 

2 tablespoons olive oil

olive oil

salt

Put water in a quart pot and when it boils add 2 king crab legs. Return to a boil, cook for 10 minutes and remove the crab legs when done.

In a pan put 2 tablespoons olive oil, garlic and onion and cook on a low heat until the onion is translucent. Remove from the pan. Then add the mushrooms and salt to the pan, cook until tender, and remove.

Crack or cut the crab shells with a good pair of scissors. Remove the meat and cut in small pieces. Then in a saucepan heat olive oil with garlic and cayenne pepper and when the oil is very hot add the crab for 1 or 2 minutes and then remove it from the pan.

To assemble, take each mushroom and add the crab meat with the garlic on top.