Deviled Crab Rolls From Tampa Food

DEVIL(ED) CRAB ROLLS FROM TAMPA

Steps:

• Dough:.
• Soak American bread in water 15 minutes. Remove, squeeze until almost dry. Add Cuban bread gradually until dough is formed. Add paprika, salt. Mix well. Make ball from dough. Place in fridge about 3 hours.
• Crab Mix:.
• Fry onion, pepper(s), garlic, hot pepper in oil for 15 minutes (Very slowly) add bay leaves, sugar, salt, tomato paste. Stir. Cover and cook 15 minutes on low heat. Add crabmeat. Cook 10 minutes and then uncover. Keep in fridge 2 hours.
• Take about 3 tablespoons dough. Press in the palm of your hand. Add 1 tbsp crab mix. Seal like croquette with 2 pointed ends. (Think footballs).
• Dip into following mixture:.
• 2 eggs well beaten with ½ cup milk, salt, dash black pepper. Mix 1cup cracker meal and ½ cup flour. Roll croquettes first in cracker/flour, then in egg mix, then in cracker/flour again. Refrigerate 2 hours (Never get the idea this is not something you dash off at the last minute!). Fry in deep fat until brown.
• Prep time is the longest part of this, once they are made cooking is a snap.

DEVIL CRAB ROLLS

Steps:

• In a large bowl, place the cubed stale bread. Pour the water over and let soak for 10 minutes. Sprinkle the salt, garlic salt, black pepper, red chile flakes, crab boil seasoning, chopped celery, and chopped onions. Using your hands, combine all the ingredients together into a homogenized mixture. Set aside so the flavors blend.
• In another large bowl, combine the bread crumbs, crab meat, and crab sauce. Mix into a homogenous blend.
• Take a small handful of the bread mixture and using your thumb or finger, press out a hole. Take a small scoop, about 1 1/2 ounces, of the crab mixture and place it into the hole. Bring the bread mixture around the crab mixture, forming a patty. Set aside on a sheet pan lined with parchment paper, or a large platter. Continue making patties until all of the mixtures are used.
• In a large skillet, pour 1 1/2 inches of oil into the pan. Heat the oil to 375 degrees F., or until a small piece of the bread mixture sizzles and bubbles when placed in the oil. Place patties in the pan, being careful not to crowd them. Fry until golden on 1 side, about 3 to 4 minutes, and then flip over and fry until golden on the other side.
• Note: This recipe was provided by professional chefs, and therefore may be difficult to reproduce in the home.
• In a large sauce pot, combine all the ingredients. Cook over medium heat, at a simmer, for 30 minutes. Chill the sauce before using.
• Yield: 1 quart

DEVILED CRAB AND CHEESE ROLLS

Steps:

• Heat oven to 350. Spray cookie sheet with cooking spray. In medium bowl, mix cream cheese, lemon juice and tabasco until smooth. Stir in cheddar cheese, onions and paprika. Reserves 2 T of breadcrumbs for topping; stir remaining bread crumbs into cream cheese mixture. Gently stir in crabmeat. Shape crabmeat mixture into 6 balls, using about 1/3 cup mixture for each; flatten slightly.
• Unroll dough; separate into 2 (2 breadstik) portions. Seal seam halfway up length of each portion; place 1 ball on sealed side of each. Holding dough and ball in one hand, stretch dough strips over balls, crisscrossing and tucking ends under opposite side; place on cookie sheet.
• Lightly brush tops and sides of dough with beaten egg; sprinkle with reserved 2 T bread crumbs.
• Bake 20 to 30 minutes or until golden brown. cool 10 minutes. Serve warm.