Fire Roasted Crab Shooters Recipes

FIRE-ROASTED GARLICKY OYSTERS

Steps:

• Preheat a grill to high heat.
• Combine the butter, garlic, the juice from the lemons and a few pinches of salt and pepper in a medium saucepan over medium heat. Cook until the butter melts. Stir together the parsley, Parmesan and Romano in a medium bowl.
• Arrange the oyster shells on the grill grate. Spoon the butter mixture over the oysters. Add the bread to the grill cut-side down and cook until grill marks appear, 30 seconds to 1 minute. Remove the bread from the grill. Cover the grill with the lid and cook until the oysters begin to reduce in size, 3 to 4 minutes.
• Spoon the parsley mixture over each oyster, cover the grill and cook until the cheese is melted and the oysters are cooked to desired doneness, 30 seconds to 1 minute longer. Remove the oysters to a serving platter. Serve immediately with the bread.

FIRE ROASTED TOMATO-BASIL CRAB BISQUE

Steps:

• In 2-quart saucepan, combine tomatoes, broth, celery and onions. Cook over medium-high heat 10 to 12 minutes, stirring occasionally, until celery is softened.
• In 4-quart saucepan, melt butter over low heat. Using wire whisk, stir flour into butter. Cook 1 minute, stirring constantly. Slowly add half-and-half, stirring constantly. Stir in tomato mixture, 1 cup at a time.
• Stir in wine, salt and pepper. Bring to a boil over medium-high heat. Reduce heat to low; stir in crabmeat and basil. Cover and simmer 30 minutes, stirring occasionally.

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.