HARD ON THE OUTSIDE, soft and sweet on the inside. Anyway, enough about me. Blue swimmer crabs – sometimes called sand crabs – have the sweetest flesh of any variety. These peculiar-looking crustaceans are a rich, bright blue when alive and brilliant, shimmering orange when cooked.
Growing to a maximum of 1kg, they have extremely long, thin pincers to pry open scallops and snip the heads off prawns, as well as a unique pair of back legs that behave like paddles.
They are the most common crab in Australian waters, and as John Susman, of Seafood consultancy Fishtales, suggests, they are the best eating crab Down Under.
“The blue swimmer crab has by far and away the most unique flavour and texture,” he says. “Sweet, clean yet rich, it has…
