Jack Cheese And Crab Tartlet Recipes

MINI CRAB TARTS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375°. Place tart shells in an ungreased 15x10x1-in. baking pan. In a small bowl, whisk egg, milk, mayonnaise, flour and salt until smooth. Stir in crab, cheese and chopped onion. Spoon into tart shells., Bake 9-11 minutes or until set. Garnish with sliced onions if desired. Serve warm.

JACK CHEESE AND CRAB TARTLET

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400° F.
• To make puff pastry: Dust flour over a work surface.
• Place puff pastry sheets on floured surface.
• Using a rolling pin, stretch the pastry sheets 2 inches each side.
• Gather four (six-inch) tartlet shell containers.
• Using the bottom of one of the containers as a guide, cut out two circles per pastry sheet (extend the cut border two inches, making an eight inch diameter).
• Place the cut pastry pieces inside each shell container, molding so the pastry fits just right.
• With a fork, dock the bottom of each shell container.
• To make the filling: In a bowl combine all other ingredients, incorporating well.
• Fill each shell with 1/2 cup of the mixture, then top each shell with any remaining filling.
• Bake in oven for 35 minutes or until a toothpick comes out clean upon insertion.
• Tartlets can be served over a sauté of wild mushrooms.

SPANISH CRAB TARTLET

Steps:

• Fry the onion in the olive oil until soft but not browned. Add garlic and continue frying another 30 seconds. Add the wine and cook until wine is almost absorbed/evaporated. Remove from heat.
• Make the filling by whisking the egg, then mixing in the cream. Add the crab, cheese, parsley, and onions. Mix. Set aside.
• Make the dough by mixing the flour and salt in a large bowl. Cut the butter into small cubes. Use fingers to squeeze the butter into the flour by grabbing chunks of flour and butter and squeezing to combine. Continue until it looks like a bunch of small bread crumbs.
• Add water a little at a time, continuing to squeeze as before, until the flour and water form a stiff dough.
• Dust a counter with flour and roll the dough into a thin sheet. Use a 2 1/2 inch cookie cutter to cut circles of dough. Place these into a muffin tin to form the crust of the tartlets. When you run out of dough to cut, collect the scraps, re-roll them and cut more circles. You should get close to 24.
• Pour the filling evenly into each tartlet. Bake at 375 for 25-30 minutes. They should be set and golden-brown in color.

CHEESY CRAB TARTS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Lightly spray 32 cups of a mini muffin pan with cooking spray. Place center of wonton wrappers in bottom of mini muffin cups, pressing edges of wrappers against sides of pan to form a cup. Spray edges of wonton wrappers with cooking spray.
• In a medium bowl, combine cream cheese, and next 6 ingredients; beat with an electric mixer at low speed until smoooth. Fold in crabmeat, green onion, and red bell pepper. Spoon crab mixture evenly into prepared wonton cups. Bake 20-25 minutes, or until center are set and wonton is lightly browned.