Golden Crab Puff Food

GOLDEN PUFF

Steps:

• Spray with oil a 12x8-inch baking dish.
• Cover bottom of dish with a layer of soda crackers.
• Add cheese slices.
• Top with remaining crackers.
• Beat together eggs, milk, mustard and pepper.
• Pour on top of crackers.
• Cover.
• Set dish is refrigerator overnight.
• Sprinkle with paprika.
• If your mixture is not completely covered add more milk.
• Bake in a preheated oven 375° 45 minutes.

CRAB PUFFS

Steps:

• Melt butter in a medium saucepan over medium heat. Add shallots, and cook until softened, 3 to 4 minutes. Add flour, and cook, whisking constantly, for 1 minute. Add milk in a slow, steady stream, whisking constantly, until mixture comes to a boil. Reduce heat to low, and cook, whisking often, until mixture has thickened, about 3 minutes.
• Add crabmeat, Parmesan, minced parsley, lemon zest, and a pinch of cayenne. Remove from heat, and stir until combined. Season with salt and pepper. Spread mixture on a rimmed baking sheet, and let cool completely. (Cooled mixture can be covered and refrigerated for up to 1 day.)
• Set a wire rack over a rimmed baking sheet. Whisk eggs in a shallow dish. Place breadcrumbs in another shallow dish. Shape cooled crabmeat mixture into 1-inch balls. Working with 1 ball at a time, coat in beaten egg, then in breadcrumbs. Transfer to rack. Repeat with remaining balls. Let stand, uncovered, at room temperature for 30 minutes.
• Heat 4 inches of oil in a large, heavy pot until it reaches 375 degrees. Working in batches, fry crab balls, turning once, until golden brown, 1 1/2 to 2 minutes. (Adjust heat as necessary to keep oil at a steady temperature.) Using a wire-mesh skimmer, transfer crab puffs to paper towels to drain, and immediately season with salt.
• Reduce heat until oil reaches 350 degrees. Fry capers for 1 minute, and using a wire-mesh skimmer, transfer to paper towels to drain. Fry parsley leaves for 1 minute, and using a wire-mesh skimmer, transfer to paper towels to drain. (The capers and parsley may cause the hot oil to spatter when added to the pot.) Sprinkle puffs with capers and parsley. Serve warm.

CRAB PUFFS

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 375°F. Grease a mini muffin tin all over, even the top, set aside.
• Place the crab, mayonnaise, dijon, garlic, paprika, parsley, salt, and pepper in a medium-sized bowl. Gently mixed together until combined, set aside.
• Unroll the dough onto a clean work surface and cut as evenly as you can into 24 equal square pieces. Press each piece into a section of the mini muffin tin, pressing down to form into the tin.
• Fill the cups with the crab mixture evenly. Bake for 11-13 minutes until golden brown.
• Let cool for a couple minutes in the tin, then transfer to a wire rack to cool until ready to eat.
• Garnish with more chopped parsley if desired.

EASY CRAB PUFFS

Steps:

• combine cheese, crab meat (drained),garlic salt, mayonnaise, and butter/margerine.
• you may need to beat it with an electric mixer to make it semi-smooth.
• spread evenly between the english muffins halves.
• cut each half of english muffin into quarters.
• place the quarters on a baking sheet.
• bake at 350 degrees for 20-30 minutes, or until slightly brown.

CRAB PUFFS APPETIZERS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400 degrees F.
• in a medium bowl combine crab, cheese, onions, Worcestershire sauce and dry mustard; mix well.
• In a large saucepan combine butter and salt; bring to a boil then remove from heat, and add flour, beating until mixture forms a ball.
• Add in eggs one at a time, beating after each.
• Blend in crab mixture, mix well.
• Drop by small teaspoonfuls onto ungreased baking sheet (at this point, puffs can be frozen on baking sheet).
• Bake 15 minutes, then reduce heat to 350 degrees F, and bake for 10 minutes more.
• Note: unbaked puffs can be frozen on a baking sheet, and transfered to plastic freezer bags; bake WITHOUT defrosting at 375 until crisp.

CRAB PUFFS

Steps:

• In a small mixing bowl, stir together softened cream cheese, crab meat, onions, and garlic. Heat oil for deep frying to 350 F - 375°F.
• Place about 1/2 teaspoon filling in center of wrapper. Moisten edges with water, fold into triangle over filling, then pull two ends together and seal.
• Deep fry a few at a time 2-3 minutes until golden brown.
• Serve hot with your favorite dipping sauce. Plum sauce or sweet and sour sauce work well.

GOLDEN PUFFS

Steps:

• Heat oil (2 to 3-inches) to 375°F in deep fryer or 3-qt. saucepan.
• Mix flour, 1/4 cup sugar, baking powder, salt and nutmeg.
• Add 1/4 cup oil, milk and egg; beat until smooth.
• Drop batter by teaspoonfuls into hot oil.
• Fry four or five at a time until golden brown on both sides, about 3 minutes; drain.
• Mix 1/2 cup sugar and the1 teaspoon cinnamon.
• Roll warm puffs in sugar-cinnamon mixture.

PACIFIC CRAB PUFFS

Steps:

• Combine mustard dip ingredients, mix well and stick in the fridge.
• In a bowl, combine baking mix, cheese, and onions; shred crabmeat and add to cheese mixture.
• In another bowl, combine egg, water, Worcestershire and hot pepper sauce; stir this mixture into the crab mixture just until blended.
• Pour oil into a 4-quart pan, or electric frying pan (I use the electric fry pan to keep the oil at a constant temp), to a depth of about 1 1/2 inches; heat to 375°.
• Drop in a teaspoonful of the batter for each puff, cook about 4 at a time, turning as needed, until they're golden brown on all sides, about 1 1/2-2 minutes.
• Lift out with a slotted spoon and drain; keep warm until all are cooked then serve with mustard dip.
• If making ahead, cool the puffs, wrap and freeze; to reheat, place the frozen puffs on a baking sheet and bake, uncovered, at 350° for 15-20 minutes, or until heated through.