DUNGENESS CRAB SALAD WITH PICKLED GREEN STRAWBERRIES

Ingredients

• 8 green strawberries, sliced
• 2 to 3 tbsp (30 to 45 ml) water
• 5 tbsp (75 ml) rice wine vinegar
• 5 tbsp (75 ml) granulated sugar
• 1 lime, juice only
• 1 orange, zest only
• 3 black peppercorns, whole
• 6 coriander seeds, whole
• 1 large Dungeness crab
• ½ tsp (2 ml) crushed red pepper flakes
• 1 shallot, sliced
• 1 garlic clove, peeled and sliced in half (germ removed)
• 2 to 3 tsp (10 to 15 ml) tomato paste
• ⅞ cup (207 ml) grape seed oil
• 1 egg yolk
• 2 tsp (10 ml) Dijon mustard
• 1 lemon, juice only, divided
• 2 dashes rice wine vinegar
• kosher salt and espelette, to taste
• 8 white asparagus spears, peeled
• granulated sugar, for water
• fresh pea shoots, for garnish
• 10 cured fennel, shaved for garnish
• puffed wild rice, for garnish
• fresh soft herbs such as pea shoots and chervil, for garnish