Souffl Au Crabe Recipes

CARIBBEAN CRAB SOUFFLE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C). Butter a 8 cup souffle dish.
• Toast coconut in a non-stick skillet over low heat.
• In a medium skillet, melt butter over low heat and add the celery, garlic, curry powder, thyme, red pepper flakes, salt and pepper - cook for 3 minutes. Stir in flour until smooth for about 1 minute. Pour in milk and cook over medium heat, stirring constantly, until mixture comes to a boil and thickens. Set aside and cool slightly. Whisk the egg yolks one at a time into the sauce. Stir in coconut and crab meat.
• In medium bowl, beat egg whites and lemon juice with a mixer until stiff, but not dry. Stir 1/4 of the whites into crab mixture. Quickly and gently fold in the remaining whites. Do not deflate the volume. Transfer mixture to the souffle dish and place it on a rack at the bottom of the oven.
• Bake for 30 minutes or until golden, puffed and still moist inside.

SOUFFLé AU CRABE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375°F.
• Butter a 1-1/2 quart soufflé dish with 1 tablespoon of the butter.
• Melt the butter in saucepan over medium heat, then whisk in the flour.
• Gradually whisk in the cream, stirring constantly, until the sauce boils.
• Cook for an additional 30 seconds to cook flour.
• Remove from heat and stir in the mustard, Worcestershire sauce, hot sauce, salt and pepper. Mix well. Set aside.
• Whisk in the egg yolks, one by one.
• Flake the crabmeat into the sauce, using your fingers. Make sure to pick out any membrane as you go.
• Stir and adjust seasoning to taste. (You should go a bit heavier on the seasoning to counteract the blandness of the egg whites).
• In a very clean bowl, beat the egg whites until stiff.
• Gently fold 1/4 of the egg whites into the base. Then fold this mixture into the remaining egg whites as gently as possible.
• Pour the soufflé mixture into the prepared dish.
• Smooth the top with a spatula. Run your thumb around the edge of the dish. At this point the soufflé may be refrigerated up to two hours before baking.
• Bake about 20-25 minutes, until puffed and browned.
• Serve immediately.

SOUFFLéED CRAB-MEAT CANAPéS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 425 degrees. Place rack in center of oven. Lightly toast bread and place on foil-lined baking sheet.
• Place egg yolks, 1 tablespoon lemon juice, the salt and 1/2 tablespoon pesto in food processor or bowl. While processing or whisking constantly, slowly drizzle in olive oil; continue mixing until thickened to a mayonnaise. Transfer to a clean bowl and mix in crab meat. Stir in remaining lemon juice.
• In another bowl, beat egg whites until they hold peaks. Fold into crab-meat mixture.
• Spread toast with remaining pesto and top each slice with crab-meat mixture, covering it completely. Lightly dust with paprika. Bake 15 minutes, until puffed and browned. Cut each slice in half and serve at lunch or as a first course, or cut each slice in six pieces and pass as hors d'oeuvres.