Crabby Appetizer Recipes

Steps:

• Preheat oven on broiler setting.
• In a medium bowl, mix together margarine and cheese spread. Stir in crabmeat, mayonnaise, garlic powder, and parsley. Spread the mixture on the split English muffins. Arrange on a cookie sheet.
• Broil until the cheese mixture is bubbly.

Steps:

• Combine all ingredients (except muffins) till well combined.
• Spread evenly over split muffins (12 pieces).
• With sharp knife, cut into small pie shaped slices (I usually cut each in 4 pieces, but if you need more, you can cut them smaller).
• Place on cookie sheet.
• Put cookie sheet in freezer until crabbies are frozen.
• When frozen, remove from cookie sheet and place in plastic bag. Return to freezer and store till ready to use.
• When ready to serve, place on cookie sheet.
• Put under broiler until bubbly and crisp, approximately 5 minutes.

Steps:

• Mix everything except muffins.
• Spread about one generous tablespoon of mixture onto muffin halves.
• Broil for about 5 minutes until cheese gets bubbly.
• Cut each muffin into 4 pieces.
• Serve warm.

Steps:

• Heat the oven to 400 degrees F.
• Unfold the pastry sheet on a lightly floured surface. Cut the pastry sheet into 12 (2-inch) circles with a cutter. Place the pastry circles onto a baking sheet.
• Bake for 15 minutes or until the pastries are golden brown. Remove the pastries from the baking sheet and let cool on a wire rack for 10 minutes. Split each pastry into 2 layers, making 24 in all.
• Stir the cream cheese in a medium bowl until smooth. Stir in the milk, horseradish, black pepper and crabmeat.
• Spread the crabmeat mixture on 12 bottom pastry layers. Top with the onions, almonds and top pastry layers. Sprinkle with the paprika.

Steps:

• Mix the crabmeat with the mayonnaise, mustard, paprika, cayenne, lemon juice, scallion and a pinch of salt in a bowl. Set aside.
• Preheat the broiler. Brush both sides of the Texas toast with half of the melted butter. Place on a baking sheet and broil until golden brown on top, about 3 minutes. Remove from the oven and flip the bread; top with the crab mixture, spreading it almost to the edges. Sprinkle with the grated cheese.
• Toss the asparagus with the remaining melted butter in a medium bowl and season with salt and black pepper. Arrange side by side on the toast, then arrange the cheese slices across the middle of the asparagus.
• Return to the broiler until the asparagus is tender and the cheese melts, about 4 more minutes.

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 425°F.
• In large bowl, combine all ingredients except bread and parsley.
• Spread mixture over bread rounds.
• Score each round into quarters and place on parchment-covered or greased baking sheet.
• Bake until topping is heated through and golden brown, about 10-15 minutes.
• Sprinkle with chopped fresh parsley and serve hot.

Steps:

• Mix together ingredients *except crab meat* to make a thick mixture.
• Carefully fold crab meat into mixture either with a your hands, or a spatula, just until mixed. Do not over mix.
• Over fill each mini phyllo shell with the crab meat, (about 1 tablespoon per shell).
• Sprinkle lightly with paprika, for decoration.
• Bake at 350°F for 25-30 minutes or until bubbly.

Steps:

• Use fresh crab if possible.
• If not, canned or frozen crab meat is acceptable, but not as good.
• Place crab in bowl, add onion, green pepper, and lemon juice; gently mix, trying not to break up the crab pieces.
• At this point, begin adding mayo to obtain the texture you seek- it should hold together, but not be mushy.
• The mayo should just serve as a binder.
• Then begin to add curry powder to taste; we like it very spicy, so I use about 2 Tblspn curry per pound of crab meat.
• Start small, taste& add more if you want it hot& spicy.