Arctic Circle Crab Crostini

Ingredients

• 0.5 cup apricots 
• 1 pound crab meat cooked
• 3 stalks fennel bulb shaved with a mandoline
• 0.5 loaf bread french lightly toasted sliced ()
• 1  lime zest fresh grated juiced
• 1 cup mayonnaise 
• 16 small parsley for garnish
• 1 large onion diced red fine
• 16 servings pepper black freshly ground
• 1 teaspoon dijon mustard stone ground
• 1 tablespoon sugar 
• 1 large onion diced white

Equipment

• bowl
• baking sheet
• sauce pan
• oven
• melon baller

Directions

1. In a small saucepan, combine shaved fennel, onion, sugar and marmalade and cook for 10 minutes over medium-low heat. Set aside to cool to room temperature
2. Preheat oven to 375 degrees F.
3. Combine onion, lime zest and juice, mustard and mayonnaise in a bowl, and then fold crabmeat into the mixture so that it's just combined and the crab is not broken or mashed. Season with salt and pepper, as needed. Arrange bread on a baking sheet. Using a melon baller, or small scoop, spoon seafood mixture onto bread and bake briefly in oven until seafood balls are lightly browned.
4. Garnish crab with marmalade and parsley.