Crab And Corn Chowda Mac Recipe Courtesy Rachael Ray

Steps:

• In a large pot, boil pasta until al dente.
• Meanwhile, in a big, deep pot, brown beef in oil over medium high heat. Add onions, peppers, and garlic. Season meat mixture with chili powder, cumin, cayenne, and salt. Cook together 5 minutes, stir in beer or broth, and reduce liquid by half, 2 minutes. Stir in tomatoes and simmer for 10 minutes.
• Drain pasta. Add hot pasta to chili pot and stir to coat pasta evenly. Remove from heat and garnish big bowlfuls of chili mac with chopped scallions.

Steps:

• Heat some extra-virgin olive oil, a turn of the pot, in a Dutch oven over medium to medium-high heat. Add the chopped speck and render a couple of minutes. Add the potatoes, celery, onion, garlic, chile, thyme, crab seasoning, salt, and pepper to the pot, cover, and cook 10 minutes, stirring occasionally. Add the chicken stock and milk and bring to a boil.
• In a small skillet over medium heat, melt the butter. Whisk in the flour and cook the roux 1 minute, then stir in the mustard and transfer the roux to the chowder mixture. When the roux has incorporated, stir in corn and bring the chowder to a bubble, reduce to slightly thicken. Turn the heat off, cool completely, and store for make-ahead meal.
• To serve, heat the oven to 425 degrees F. Unfold the pastry dough and choose the bowls or individual shallow casseroles or deep ramekins that you wish to serve in. Use one as a template and cut 4 shapes from the sheet of dough, using a sharp paring knife to maneuver around the dish shape. Arrange the pastry dough on a non-stick baking sheet or on a parchment-lined baking sheet. Beat the egg with a splash of water and brush the dough with the egg wash. Bake 10 to 12 minutes, or until golden.
• Reheat the chowder, covered, over moderate heat until the soup bubbles, then uncover and simmer.
• Meanwhile, run your hands through the crabmeat to check for shells, discard the the shells. Sprinkle the crab with hot sauce and stir into the chowder to heat through.
• Serve the chowder in individual dishes topped with pastry.

Steps:

• Gather your ingredients.
• Bring a pot of water to boil for pasta, 4 to 6 quarts.
• Place crab meat in bowl and run your fingers through it to check for connective tissue, sharp pieces and shell. Pull into long thin strands and small bite-size pieces.
• Chop the pancetta or guanciale into 1/8 to 1/4-inch dice.
• Peel and chop the shallot, finely chop the celery and pile with it. Peel the garlic cloves and chop or have a grater at hand. Stem the thyme and chop.
• Line a small bowl with a baggie if you wish to save the egg whites. Crack and separate the eggs, with yolks in medium glass mixing bowl. Whisk up eggs and whisk in cheeses, salt and pepper.
• Salt water for pasta and drop the pasta.
• Heat a large skillet over medium to medium-high heat with EVOO, 3 turns of the pan. Add pancetta or guanciale and render 2 to 3 minutes. Add shallots, celery, garlic, thyme, salt and pepper. Stir a minute or 2, then add sherry or white wine and crab. Toss to warm through and let sherry or wine absorb. Add juice of 1 lemon.
• Add 1 cup starchy boiling water to eggs to temper them. Drain pasta and add to crab. Toss with eggs and cheeses off heat for 1 full minute. Adjust salt and pepper, serve.
• Muddle orange at bottom of a rocks glass. Add remaining ingredients. Fill glass with ice and stir gently. Top with club soda if desired. Garnish with lemon twist.

Steps:

• Heat a deep pot over moderate heat. Add oil and butter. As you chop your veggies, add them to the pot: potatoes, celery, onion, and red bell pepper. Add bay leaf to the pot. Season vegetables with salt and pepper and Old Bay seasoning. Saute veggies 5 minutes, then sprinkle in flour. Cook flour 2 minutes, stirring constantly. Stir in broth and combine. Stir in milk and combine. Bring soup up to a bubble. Add corn and crab meat and simmer soup 5 minutes. Adjust the soup seasonings. Remove bay leaf. Ladle soup into bread bowls or soup bowls and top with oyster crackers, hot sauce and sliced scallions.

Steps:

• If using ears of corn, use a knife to remove the kernels, collecting any juices that are released; discard the cobs.
• Place 2 cups of the corn kernels and 1 cup of the broth in a blender and puree until smooth.
• Heat the oil in a soup pot over med-high heat.
• Add the scallion whites and cook, stirring 1 minute.
• Stir in the ginger and add the remaining 5 cups broth, the remaining corn kernels with any juices, the pureed corn mixture, and the cooking wine; bring to a boil.
• Decrease heat to med-low and simmer for 10 minutes.
• In a small bowl, stir together the cornstarch and the water until the cornstarch is dissolved.
• Slowly add the mixture to the soup and cook over med-high heat, stirring constantly, until the soup boils and thickens.
• Decrease heat to med-low, add the crab, vinegar, and soy sauce; cook until the crab has heated through, about 1 minute.
• Drizzle in the egg, stirring constantly, and cook for 1 minute more.
• Season with salt and white pepper, to taste.
• Serve garnished with scallion greens.
• 340 calories per 2 cup serving.

Steps:

• Bring a large pot of water to a boil for the pasta and salt it. Cook the pasta to al dente.
• While the pasta cooks, heat a large, deep skillet over medium to medium-high heat. Add the EVOO and the bacon. Cook the bacon for 3 minutes. Add the onions and celery and cook for 3 minutes more. Add the bell peppers and cook for another minute or two. Add the flour and cook for 1 to 2 minutes. Whisk in the stock, then the milk. When the milk bubbles, add the crab and corn to heat through, another minute. Stir in the cheese, thyme, and cayenne pepper and heat until the cheese melts into the sauce. Drain the pasta and toss with the cheese, crab, and corn sauce. Adjust the seasonings. Ladle into bowls and garnish with the chives.

Steps:

• In a Dutch oven set over medium heat, melt the butter. Add the onion and garlic, saute for 4 to 5 minutes until softened and golden. Stir in the bell pepper, stock, water, cumin and chipolte. Bring to a boil, then stir in potatoes. Adjust the heat to maintain a gentle boil, cover and cook for 5 minute.
• Stir in the corn kernals and cover, simmering for 10 min or until the potatoes are tender.
• In a small bowl, combine the half and half and cornstarch, stirring until smooth. Slowly stir into the soup and bring to a boil. Reduce the heat to low and stir in Pepper Jack cheese, stirring until smooth and thickened.
• Stir in crabmeat and cilantro and heat through for several minutes. Garnish individual servings with fresh cilantro and serve with crusty bread.

Steps:

• Cook bacon on a large skillet until soft but not crisp.
• Add butter, melt.
• Add onions and celery; cook until partially cooked.
• Add potatoes; cook, stirring frequently until vegetables are tender.
• Stir in flour; cook, stirring constantly for five minutes.
• Stir in broth until smooth.
• Reduce heat and simmer for approximately 20 minutes, stirring occasionally to prevent sticking.
• Stir in creamed corn and corn, parsley, chives, salt and pepper.
• Bring just to the boil.
• Stir in cream and crab; cook until just heated.
• Serve immediately.