Baked Crab Meat Appetizers Recipes Recipe For Deviled

DEVILED CRABS

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 375 degrees F.
• Pulse the onion, celery and red bell pepper in a food processor until minced. Melt the butter in a large skillet over medium-high heat. Add the minced vegetables and cook until softened, about 5 minutes. Set aside and let cool.
• Combine the mayonnaise, mustard, sherry, seafood seasoning, mace and eggs in a large bowl. Stir in the cooled vegetables. Fold in the crabmeat and cracker crumbs. Spoon about 1/2 to 3/4 cup of the crab mixture into each crab shell and brush with melted butter. Place the crab shells on a large rimmed baking sheet. Bake until golden brown, 20 to 25 minutes.

DEVILED CRAB

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°F.
• Melt butter in a 10-inch heavy skillet over moderate heat until foam subsides, then cook onion and celery, stirring, until softened, about 2 minutes. Remove from heat and cool.
• Gently toss crab with lemon juice.
• Coarsely crush saltines with your hands in a large bowl. Stir in onion mixture, Sherry, cayenne, and salt, then fold in crab.
• Divide among scallop shells and bake in middle of oven until lightly browned, about 20 minutes.
• We use Outerbridge's brand, from Bermuda. Available at specialty foods shops and from 441-296-4451 or outerbridge.com.
• ** Available at Bridge Kitchenware (800-274-3435).

BAKED CRAB QUESADILLAS APPETIZERS

Steps:

• Combine butter and oil; set aside.
• Saute onion, peppers, and garlic in 2 tbsp reserved butter mixture in a medium saucepan over medium heat, stirring constantly until tender. Remove from heat. Gently stir in crabmeat and next 3 ingredients.
• Place on tortillas on baking sheets; brush 1 side of each tortilla with remaining butter mixture. Turn tortillas over; spread crabmeat mixture evenly over half of each tortilla, and sprinkle with cheese. Fold tortillas in half.
• Bake at 475 degrees for 4 minutes or until golden. Cut each tortilla into thirds. Serve warm.

BAKED MARYLAND LUMP CRAB CAKES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C). Grease a baking sheet.
• Combine bread crumbs, baking powder, parsley, mustard powder, pepper, and seafood seasoning; set aside. Stir together mayonnaise, butter, Worcestershire, and egg product until smooth. Fold in crab meat, then fold in bread crumb mixture until well blended.
• Shape mixture into 12 crab cakes, about 3/4 inch thick, and place onto prepared baking sheet.
• Bake in preheated oven for 15 minutes, then turn the crab cakes over, and bake an additional 10 to 15 minutes, until nicely browned.

STEAK AND CRAB DEVILED EGGS

Steps:

• Place the eggs in a single layer in a medium pot, add enough water to cover by 1 inch and bring to a boil over high heat. Lower the heat to medium-low and simmer for 10 minutes. Transfer the eggs to a bowl of ice water. Peel them one at a time by filling a mason jar about 1/3 full with water, adding an egg, sealing the jar and shaking it until the shell is cracked. Remove the egg from the jar and carefully peel away the shell. Repeat with the remaining eggs.
• Meanwhile, slice the steak into 1/4-inch-thick strips and season it with salt and pepper. Melt the butter in a medium skillet over medium-high heat. When the butter foams, add the steak and cook until cooked through and crispy on all sides. Remove the steak from the skillet and transfer to a cutting board. Cool and finely chop the steak.
• Split the cooled eggs in half lengthwise using a damp cloth to wet your knife; clean the knife on the cloth after splitting each egg. Pop the yolks out into a medium bowl. Add the mayonnaise, mustard and a pinch of salt and pepper to the yolks and whisk until smooth. Taste and add more salt and pepper if needed.
• Set aside 1 tablespoon of the steak for garnishing the eggs; fold the rest of the steak and the crabmeat into the yolk mixture. Fill a disposable piping bag with the yolk mixture and snip off the end to create a large hole. Pipe the filling evenly into each of the egg white halves. Sprinkle herbs and the reserved steak on top of the filled eggs and serve.

CRAB CAKE BITES

Steps:

• Heat oven to 400°F. Line large cookie sheet with cooking parchment paper.
• In medium bowl, stir together 1/2 cup mayonnaise, the egg, chives, Worcestershire sauce, 1 teaspoon Dijon mustard, seafood seasoning and 1 teaspoon lemon juice. Fold in crabmeat and bread crumbs until well blended (mixture will be moist). Using measuring tablespoon, shape mixture into 36 (1 1/2-inch) balls. Place on cookie sheet.
• Bake 16 to 20 minutes or until lightly browned and hot in center. Cool 5 minutes.
• Meanwhile, in small bowl, stir together Lemon-Garlic Sauce ingredients until blended. Serve bites with sauce and lemon wedges.

DEVILED SHRIMP AND CRAB

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 390F and put rack in middle of oven.
• Cook onion and peppers in butter over moderate heat, stirring occasionally, for 5 minutes, or until soft.
• Transfer to a bowl, add breadcrumbs, mustard, Worcestershire Sauce and Tabasco.
• Stir in cream, crab meat and season to taste.
• Divide shrimp among 4 individual, buttered gratin dishes; spoon crab mixture over.
• Bake on a baking sheet for 12-15 minutes, or until mixture is bubbling and tops are golden-brown.
• Serve with lots of crusty bread and chilled, white wine.