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Go ahead and feast your eyes on the money shot.
Is your mouth watering yet?
After a delicious crabmeat salad on endive leaves for lunch,
I wanted more crabmeat for dinner.
And I'm thinking crabmeat crostini.
And in case you're wondering,
crostini is Italian for "little toasts."
(Not only do I watch Giada,
but I listen too.)
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My ingredients:
About 3-4 ounces of butter
About 3-4 ounces of cream cheese
About 3-4 ounces brie
Little slivers of red, orange, yellow, and green peppers
1 green onion
1/2 orange
1/2 lemon
the rest of my crabmeat, maybe 10 ounces
Sherry
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First, I melted the butter
with the cream cheese and brie.
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Heat and stir until the mixture smooth.
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Add in the crabmeat.
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Add in juice of 1/2 orange.
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And the juice of 1/2 lemon.
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Minced peppers go in.
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And a few tablespoons of sherry.
(To taste.)
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And add in the sliced green onions
and heat through.
This, as it is, would make a wonderful dip,
but I'm going with crostini topped with the crabmeat.
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I sliced my French baguette into diagonals,
drizzled with olive oil, and toasted under the broiler.
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Top the toasted crostini with the crabmeat mixture
and sprinkle grated Parmesan cheese over top.
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Pop back under the broiler
and toast until the Parmesan is melted.
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Bon appetit!
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I still have a lot of the crabmeat mixture left
so I'm coming up with another recipe to use that.
You'll just have to wait.
But I promise, it's going to be very, very good.
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I love crabmeat and this was perfect.
Nice crunchy, toasty crostini with
a rich and creamy crabmeat topping
that was crabby, buttery, with a hint of sherry
and not disguised or overpowered by the additions.
A delightful appetizer.
2 comments:
That looks wonderful. I may have to spring for some lump crab meat soon.
I'm drooling over here!
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