Warm Crab Tartlets Food

MINI CRAB TARTS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375°. Place tart shells in an ungreased 15x10x1-in. baking pan. In a small bowl, whisk egg, milk, mayonnaise, flour and salt until smooth. Stir in crab, cheese and chopped onion. Spoon into tart shells., Bake 9-11 minutes or until set. Garnish with sliced onions if desired. Serve warm.

CRAB WONTON CUPS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°. Press wonton wrappers into miniature muffin cups coated with cooking spray. Spritz wrappers with cooking spray. Bake until lightly browned, 8-9 minutes. , Meanwhile, in a small bowl, beat cream cheese, cream, egg, mustard, Worcestershire sauce and pepper sauce until smooth. Stir in crab, green onions and red pepper; spoon into wonton cups. Sprinkle with Parmesan cheese. , Bake until filling is heated through, 10-12 minutes. Serve warm. If desired, garnish with minced chives. Refrigerate leftovers.

WARM CRAB DIP

Steps:

• In a large heavy saucepan, heat the cream cheese, mayonnaise, lemon juice, Worcestershire sauce and sherry if desired over low heat, stirring often. Stir in crab and onion; heat through. Serve warm with crackers.

KING CRAB APPETIZERS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C). Lightly grease 12 tartlet pans.
• Divide rolls in half and press into the prepared tartlet pans. Set aside.
• In a large bowl, combine cream cheese, crab, mayonnaise, Parmesan cheese, Cheddar cheese, green onions and Worcestershire sauce. Spoon 1 teaspoon of mixture into tarts and garnish with paprika.
• Bake at 375 degrees F (190 degrees C) for 15 to 20 minutes, or until light brown. These freeze wonderfully. Just reheat before serving.

CHEESY CRAB TARTS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Lightly spray 32 cups of a mini muffin pan with cooking spray. Place center of wonton wrappers in bottom of mini muffin cups, pressing edges of wrappers against sides of pan to form a cup. Spray edges of wonton wrappers with cooking spray.
• In a medium bowl, combine cream cheese, and next 6 ingredients; beat with an electric mixer at low speed until smoooth. Fold in crabmeat, green onion, and red bell pepper. Spoon crab mixture evenly into prepared wonton cups. Bake 20-25 minutes, or until center are set and wonton is lightly browned.

CRAB TARTLETS

Steps:

• Cut roughly cherry tomatoes, put on paper towels and let drain. In the meantime, in a bowl, mix mayonnaise, vinegar, terragon and tabasco. Add crabmeat and mix. Sponge up the tomatoes and add to crab mixture. (You can prepare this step in advance, cover it, and put it in the fridge until next day).
• If you want, put miniature phyllo cups on a baking sheet and heat in a preheated oven of 250 F for about 5 minutes. Put the phyllo cups in a serving plate and garnish each phyllo cups with about 1 teaspoon of crab mixture.

WARM CRAB TARTLETS

Steps:

• For the crust: Combine the flour and salt in a food processor. Pulse a few times.
• Add the cold butter and pulse until the bits of butter are the size of peas. Add the cold water 1 tablespoon at a time, pulsing in between, until the dough comes together. It will be a bit lumpy.
• Shape the dough into a rectangle, then wrap it in plastic and refrigerate for at least 30 minutes.
• Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F. Place the dough on a floured work surface and roll out to a 8 X 20 inch rectangle.
• Trim the rough edges. Then cut down the center lengthwise. Cut each strip into 5 pieces creating 10- 4 inch squares of dough.
• Fold each square and place them into muffin tins. Press the centers down to the bottom and press the folds into the sides. Prick the bottoms of the shells several times with a fork.
• Bake the shells for 15 minutes. Then cool a little.
• In the meantime, combine the cream and eggs in a medium sized bowl. Whisk until smooth. Then stir in the rest of the ingredients.
• Scoop the crab mixture into each shell evenly.
• Bake for about 20 minutes-until the tops are firm and slightly golden.
• Serve warm!

CRAB AND SNOW PEA TARTLETS

Steps:

• Place pea pods and the crabmeat in a food processor, pulse just until chopped. Add the egg, mayonnaise, celery, onion and mustard. Pulse briefly, just until mixed together.
• Spoon into tart shells and chill.

CRAB AND ARTICHOKE TARTS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 325 degrees F (165 degrees C).
• Combine crabmeat, artichoke hearts, red bell pepper, cream cheese, Parmesan cheese, green onions, flour, garlic powder, and black pepper together in a bowl.
• Spoon crabmeat mixture evenly into tart shells. Place filled shells on a baking sheet.
• Bake in preheated oven until tart is golden and filling is bubbling, 45 minutes to 1 hour.

CRAB SALAD TARTS

Steps:

• In a small bowl, combine the crabmeat, cheese, Miracle Whip Light, celery, onion, parsley and pepper., Spoon filling into tart shells. Cover and freeze for up to 3 months. Or, place tart shells on an ungreased baking sheet. Bake at 350° for 10-12 minutes or until shells are lightly browned. Serve warm., To use frozen tarts: Place on an ungreased baking sheet. Bake at 350° for 13-15 minutes or until lightly browned.

CREAMY CRAB TOAST CUPS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°. Flatten bread slices with a rolling pin. Brush both sides of bread with melted butter; press into muffin cups. Bake 12-15 minutes or until golden brown., For filling, in a large saucepan, melt butter over medium heat. Stir in flour until smooth; gradually whisk in milk. Bring to a boil, stirring constantly; cook and stir 3-5 minutes or until thickened., Add cheese, lemon juice, mustard, Worcestershire sauce, salt and pepper sauce; cook and stir until cheese is melted. Stir in crab; heat through. Stir in minced parsley and green onion. Spoon into cups.

DEVILED CRAB TART

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375°F.
• On a lightly floured surface with a floured rolling pin roll out dough into a 14-inch round (about 1/8 inch thick) and fit into an 11-inch round tart pan with a removable fluted rim. Roll rolling pin over top of shell to trim dough flush with rim and lightly press dough up side of pan. With a fork prick bottom and side of shell all over. Chill shell 30 minutes, or until firm.
• Line shell with foil and fill with pie weights or raw rice. Bake shell in middle of oven 25 minutes and carefully remove foil and weights or rice. Bake shell until just pale golden, about 8 minutes more. (Leave oven on.) Shell may be made 8 hours ahead and kept in pan, loosely covered, at room temperature.
• Finely chop onion, bell pepper, and celery and in a heavy skillet cook vegetables in butter over moderately low heat, stirring, until bell pepper is softened.
• Increase temperature to 425°F.
• Pick over crab meat and drain roasted peppers. Finely chop roasted peppers, parsley, and scallion greens, reserving whites for another use. In a large bowl whisk together mayonnaise, Worcestershire sauce, and 1/2 cup fresh bread crumbs and gently stir in onion mixture, crab, roasted peppers, parsley, scallion, cayenne, and salt to taste.
• Spoon filling into shell, smoothing top, and sprinkle with remaining bread crumbs. Bake tart in middle of oven until top is golden, 20 to 25 minutes. Serve tart warm or at room temperature.

WARM BRIE AND PEAR TARTLETS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C). Line a jelly roll pan with parchment paper.
• Arrange tart shells onto prepared pan. Put a piece of Brie cheese into each shell. Sprinkle diced pear and a couple thyme leaves into each shell and drizzle with honey.
• Bake in preheated oven until cheese is melted and tarts are golden, 12 to 15 minutes.

SPANISH CRAB TARTLET

Steps:

• Fry the onion in the olive oil until soft but not browned. Add garlic and continue frying another 30 seconds. Add the wine and cook until wine is almost absorbed/evaporated. Remove from heat.
• Make the filling by whisking the egg, then mixing in the cream. Add the crab, cheese, parsley, and onions. Mix. Set aside.
• Make the dough by mixing the flour and salt in a large bowl. Cut the butter into small cubes. Use fingers to squeeze the butter into the flour by grabbing chunks of flour and butter and squeezing to combine. Continue until it looks like a bunch of small bread crumbs.
• Add water a little at a time, continuing to squeeze as before, until the flour and water form a stiff dough.
• Dust a counter with flour and roll the dough into a thin sheet. Use a 2 1/2 inch cookie cutter to cut circles of dough. Place these into a muffin tin to form the crust of the tartlets. When you run out of dough to cut, collect the scraps, re-roll them and cut more circles. You should get close to 24.
• Pour the filling evenly into each tartlet. Bake at 375 for 25-30 minutes. They should be set and golden-brown in color.