Kingcrabandavocadoshooters Recipes

KING CRAB AND AVOCADO SHOOTERS

Steps:

• In a shallow bowl, coarsely mash the diced avocado with a fork.
• Add the heavy cream, lemon juice ( use it a little at a tine), and crushed red pepper flakes and mash the mixture just until combined.
• Stir in the chopped cilantro and season generously with salt and pepper.
• With kitchen scissors, cut the crab leg shells and pull out the crabmeat.
• Cut the crabmeat crosswise into 1-inch pieces and shred the crab or use lump crab meat (6 oz).
• In a small bowl, combine the coconut milk and ginger.
• Fold in the crab and season with salt and pepper.
• Spoon the crab and avocado into 8 (5 oz) small glasses.
• Top each shooter with an avocado wedge and serve.
• **Make Ahead: The shelled crabmeat can be refrigerated overnight.
• ***Wine: the zesty 2006 Veramonte Sauvignon Blanc, made from grapes grown in the ocean breeze-cooled Casablanca Valley�arguably Chile�s premier Sauvignon Blanc region.

KING CAKE

Steps:

• 1. For the cake, pour the warm milk into a large bowl. Whisk in the granulated sugar, yeast, and a heaping tablespoon of the flour, mixing until both the sugar and the yeast have dissolved.
• 2. Once bubbles have developed on the surface of the milk and it begins to foam, whisk in the butter, eggs, vanilla, and lemon zest. Add the remaining flour, cinnamon, and nutmeg and fold the dry ingredients into the wet ingredients with a large rubber spatula.
• 3. After the dough comes together, pulling away from the sides of the bowl, shape it into a large ball. Knead the dough on a floured surface until it is smooth and elastic, about 15 minutes.
• 4. Put the dough back into the bowl, cover with plastic wrap, and set aside in a draft-free place to let it proof, or rise, for 1 1/2 hours or until the dough has doubled in volume.
• 5. Preheat the oven to 375°F. Once the dough has risen, punch it down and divide the dough into 3 equal pieces. Roll each piece of dough between your palms into a long strip, making 3 ropes of equal length. Braid the 3 ropes around one another and then form the braided loaf into a circle, pinching ends together to seal. Gently lay the braided dough on a nonstick cookie sheet and let it rise until it doubles in size, about 30 minutes.
• 6. Once it's doubled in size, place the cookie sheet in the oven and bake until the braid is golden brown, about 30 minutes. Remove the cake from the oven, place on a wire rack, and allow to cool for 30 minutes.
• 7. For the icing, while the cake is cooling, whisk together the powdered sugar, condensed milk, and lemon juice in a bowl until the icing is smooth and very spreadable. If the icing is too thick, add a bit more condensed milk; if it's a touch too loose, add a little more powdered sugar.
• 8. Once the cake has cooled, spread the icing over the top of the cake and sprinkle with purple, green, and gold decorative sugars while the icing is still wet. Tuck the fève or plastic baby into the underside of the cake and, using a spatula, slide the cake onto a platter.

CLASSIC KING'S CAKE

Steps:

• In small bowl, sprinkle yeast over warm water to dissolve. Set aside.
• Combine flour, sugar, nutmeg and salt in a large mixing bowl of stand mixer. Stir in lemon and orange peel. Make a well in the center and add yeast mixture, milk, beaten eggs and beaten egg yolks. Gradually fold together. Add 1/2 cup of the butter and beat using dough hook of a stand mixer on Low speed until dough forms ball.
• Place ball on floured board and knead until smooth and elastic, adding flour if necessary. Butter the inside of a large bowl with 1 tablespoon of the butter. Place dough in bowl and turn to coat the entire surface with butter. Cover and set aside for 45 minutes, or until doubled in size.
• Heat oven to 375°F. Brush a large baking sheet with remaining butter. Return dough to lightly floured surface, knead several times. Shape into 14 inch long roll. Place on baking sheet and form from a ring, pinching ends together.
• Bake for 25 to 30 minutes, or until golden brown. Cool cake on a wire rack.
• For the glaze, combine the powdered sugar, milk and vanilla in a small bowl. Stir until smooth. Once cake has cooled, drizzle icing on top using a fork. Top with colored sugars and plastic baby, if desired. Serve.

VELVEETA® KING RANCH CHICKEN CASSEROLE

Steps:

• Heat oven to 350ºF.
• Melt butter in large skillet on medium heat. Add peppers and onions; cook and stir 5 min. or until crisp-tender. Add chicken, soups, tomatoes and half the VELVEETA; mix well.
• Spread 1 cup chicken mixture onto bottom of 13x9-inch baking dish; cover with 6 tortilla halves. Repeat layers 3 times. Top with remaining VELVEETA; cover.
• Bake 45 min. or until heated through, uncovering for the last 15 min.