Amber Crab Souffle Food

AMBER CRAB SOUFFLE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350º.
• Brush 6 individual ramekins with melted butter.
• Whisk together eggs, milk, salt, pepper and dill.
• Stir in crab and cheese, but be gentle--don't break up the lumps of crab.
• Pour mixture in ramekins. (Can be refrigerated at this point for up to 24 hours).
• Sprinkle with paprika.
• Bake 40-45 minutes.

SHRIMP AND CRAB SOUFFLES WITH RED BELL PEPPER AND TARRAGON

Steps:

• Position rack in center of oven and preheat to 400°F. Butter one 10-cup soufflé dish or six 1 1/4-cup soufflé dishes; sprinkle with Parmesan cheese to coat. (If using 1 1/4-cup dishes, place all 6 on rimmed baking sheet.) Combine crab, shrimp, roasted peppers and tarragon in processor; chop finely, using on/off turns.
• Melt butter in heavy large saucepan over medium heat. Add flour, shallot and cayenne. Cook without browning until mixture begins to bubble, whisking constantly, about 1 minute. Gradually whisk in milk, then wine. Cook until smooth, thick and beginning to boil, whisking constantly, about 2 minutes. Remove from heat. Mix yolks and salt in bowl. Add yolk mixture all at once to sauce; whisk in quickly. Stir in crab mixture. Using electric mixer, beat whites in large bowl until stiff but not dry. Fold 1/4 of whites into lukewarm soufflé base to lighten. Fold in 3/4 cup Parmesan cheese, then remaining whites. Transfer soufflé mixture to prepared dish.
• Place soufflé in oven. Bake soufflé until puffed, golden and gently set in center, about 40 minutes for large soufflé (or 25 minutes for small soufflés). Using oven mitts, transfer soufflé to platter and serve immediately.

VIDALIA SWEET ONION AND CRAB SOUFFLE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375 degrees.
• Butter a 6-cup souffle mold or four 1-cup molds and lightly dust with flour.
• Melt 2 tablespoons butter in a medium saute pan.
• Add Vidalia onion and cook 2 minutes.
• Add crabmeat and heat.
• Add chives and a pinch each of salt and white pepper then set aside.
• Melt remaining butter in a saucepan over medium heat.
• Whisk in 3 tablespoons flour and cook over medium heat, about 2 minutes.
• Remove from heat.
• In glass measuring cup, heat milk for 2 minutes in a microwave.
• Pour hot milk into flour mixture and stir with a wire whisk until smooth.
• Add 1/2 teaspoon salt, 1/8 teaspoon white pepper, cayenne and nutmeg.
• Return to heat and whisk until thickened, about 1 minute.
• Remove from heat and whisk in egg yolks, one at a time.
• Stir in crab mixture, add salt and pepper to taste.
• Set aside.
• Beat egg whites with a pinch of salt until stiff but not dry.
• Gently stir half the egg white mixture into crab mixture.
• Stir in the cheese.
• Fold in remaining egg whites.
• Pour mixture into prepared mold.
• Set on middle rack in oven and bake 30 to 35 minutes, until souffle is golden.
• Individual souffles will bake in 25 to 30 minutes.
• Serve immediately.

CHEDDAR-CRAB SOUFFLE

Steps:

• Thaw crabmeat, save juices. Blend with cheese. Set aside.
• Saute green onions in butter until soft but not browned.
• Stir in flour, salt and pepper. Add half-and-half. Cook, stirring, over moderate heat until mixture thickens. Add cayenne and juices.
• Stir in the egg yolks. Blend in crabmeat and cheese.
• Whip egg whites until frothy. Add cream of tartar and continue whipping until whites form stiff peaks.
• Fold a portion of the whites into the sauce to lighten it. Foild entire amount of whites into the sauce carefully.
• Pour into a buttered 2-quart souffle dish. Bake at 375 degrees fro 45 minute.
• Good served with marinated broccoli salad, hot rolls or french bread.

SHA'S CARIBBEAN CRAB SOUFFLE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400°F
• Butter a 8 cup souffle dish.
• Toast coconut in a non-stick skillet over low heat.
• In a medium skillet, melt butter over low heat and add the celery, garlic, curry powder, thyme, red pepper flakes, salt and pepper - cook for 3 minutes. Stir in flour until smooth for about 1 minute. Pour in milk and cook over medium heat, stirring constantly, until mixture comes to a boil and thickens. Set aside and cool slightly.
• Whisk the egg yolks one at a time into the sauce. Stir in coconut and crab meat. In medium bowl, beat egg whites and lemon juice with a mixer until stiff, but not dry. Stir 1/4 of the whites into crab mixture. Quickly and gently fold in the remaining whites. Do not deflate the volume.
• Transfer mixture to the souffle dish and place it on a rack at the bottom of the oven. Bake for 30 minutes or until golden, puffed and still moist inside.