Ingredients for Steamed Egg Custard with Blue Crab and Flowering Chives

• 3 large dried Chinese black mushrooms

• 550 ml de agua

• 1 (4-inch) piece kombu (dried kelp)

• 2 tablespoons bonito flakes

• 6 huevos grandes

• 60 ml de crema doble

• 1 1/2 teaspoons Shaoxing wine

• 1 1/2 teaspoons dry Oloroso Sherry

• 1 1/2 cucharaditas de salsa de soja

• 1 cucharadita de sal kosher

• 1/4 cucharaditas de azúcar

• 1/2 teaspoons Asian sesame oil

• 18 flowering Chinese chives, tough bottoms discarded

• 230g jumbo lump crabmeat, picked over

• 1/2 teaspoons Asian sesame oil

• 1/4 cucharaditas de azúcar

• 3/4 cucharaditas de sal kosher

• 1 1/2 teaspoons Shaoxing wine

• 1 tablespoon dry Oloroso Sherry

• Pinch of white pepper

• Equipment: 8 (4- to 140g ) bowls or ramekins

Simmer mushrooms in water in a small saucepan 5 minutes, then let steep off heat 10 minutes. Add kombu and return just to a simmer. Turn off heat and add bonito flakes, then let steep 10 minutes. Strain stock through a fine-mesh sieve into a bowl or glass measure, discarding solids. Cool dashi to room temperature.

Beat eggs and 350ml cooled dashi in a medium bowl, then whisk in remaining custard ingredients.

Divide among bowls. Cover each tightly with foil and arrange in a steamer rack. Steam, covered, over simmering water until just barely set in centre, 8 to 10 minutes. Remove pot from heat and let stand, covered, 2 to 3 minutes. (Custard will continue to set.)

Blanch chives in a medium pot of boiling salted water 30 seconds, then transfer to an ice bath to stop cooking. Pat chives dry. Cut into 3/4-inch pieces and gently combine with crab and remaining ingredients.

Top warm custards with crab mixture.

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