Deviled crab tart is a classic seafood appetizer or main course that combines the flavors of crab, Old Bay seasoning, and a creamy filling. This dish is perfect for a special occasion or a casual get-together, and can be made with fresh or frozen crab. The tart shell can be made from scratch or purchased pre-made, and the filling can be customized to your liking.
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DEVILED CRAB
Deviled crab is one of the great traditions of the Lowcountry. Unfortunately, due to the many more-bread-crumb-than-crab, freezer-burned versions out there, most people turn their noses up when they think of it. I can't really blame them. Bad deviled crab is really bad. But man, truly good deviled crab is damn tasty. To make vibrant, fresh, moist deviled crab, use delicious Carolina Gold rice to help bind the filling. I like to serve deviled crab in little silver crab tins for a cool retro presentation, but if you're getting fresh whole blue crabs, by all means, use the shells themselves.You can find more delicious recipes in Sean Brock's cookbook, South: Essential Recipes and New Explorations.
Provided by Sean Brock
Categories Crab
Yield Serves 4 to 6 as an appetizer
Number Of Ingredients 23
Steps:
- Combine the water, 1 teaspoon of the salt, 1/8 teaspoon of the white pepper, and the bay leaf in a small saucepan, bring to a boil over medium-high heat, and stir to be sure the salt has dissolved completely. Reduce the heat to medium, add the rice, stir once, and bring to a simmer. Simmer gently, uncovered, stirring occasionally, until the rice is just al dente, about 10 minutes. Drain the rice, spread on a rimmed baking sheet, discarding the bay leaf, and cool to room temperature.
- Preheat the oven to 400°F. Line a rimmed baking sheet with parchment paper.
- Put the panko in a food processor and process until finely ground. You need 1 cup; discard any excess.
- Put the egg in a large bowl and beat it lightly. Add the ketchup, mayonnaise, hot sauce, miso, lemon juice, mustard, remaining 2 teaspoons salt, remaining 1/4 teaspoon white pepper, and 1/2 teaspoon of the cayenne and mix well. Stir in the cooked rice, the celery, bell pepper, scallions, jalapeño, and fines herbes and combine thoroughly. Fold in the ground panko, then gently fold in the crab.
- Divide the crab mixture among the crab tins or ramekins, patting the tops lightly to smooth. Combine the paprika and the remaining teaspoon of cayenne in a small bowl. Divide the softened butter among the prepared crab and sprinkle with the paprika mixture.
- Place the crab tins or ramekins on the prepared baking sheet and bake for 15 minutes, or until hot throughout. Turn on the broiler and broil the crab mixture for about 1 minute, until golden brown on top. Transfer to a platter and serve.
GRAMMIE HAMBLET'S DEVILED CRAB
Provided by Food Network
Categories main-dish
Time 50m
Yield 4 to 6 servings
Number Of Ingredients 11
Steps:
- Toss ingredients lightly and spoon into a buttered baking dish. Top with additional crushed cracker crumbs, and brush with melted butter. Bake in a preheated at 350 degrees oven for 25 to 30 minutes or until delicately browned.
DEVILED CRAB TART
Categories Shellfish Bake Mayonnaise Crab Celery Bell Pepper Winter Gourmet
Yield Serves 6 as a main course
Number Of Ingredients 14
Steps:
- Preheat oven to 375°F.
- On a lightly floured surface with a floured rolling pin roll out dough into a 14-inch round (about 1/8 inch thick) and fit into an 11-inch round tart pan with a removable fluted rim. Roll rolling pin over top of shell to trim dough flush with rim and lightly press dough up side of pan. With a fork prick bottom and side of shell all over. Chill shell 30 minutes, or until firm.
- Line shell with foil and fill with pie weights or raw rice. Bake shell in middle of oven 25 minutes and carefully remove foil and weights or rice. Bake shell until just pale golden, about 8 minutes more. (Leave oven on.) Shell may be made 8 hours ahead and kept in pan, loosely covered, at room temperature.
- Finely chop onion, bell pepper, and celery and in a heavy skillet cook vegetables in butter over moderately low heat, stirring, until bell pepper is softened.
- Increase temperature to 425°F.
- Pick over crab meat and drain roasted peppers. Finely chop roasted peppers, parsley, and scallion greens, reserving whites for another use. In a large bowl whisk together mayonnaise, Worcestershire sauce, and 1/2 cup fresh bread crumbs and gently stir in onion mixture, crab, roasted peppers, parsley, scallion, cayenne, and salt to taste.
- Spoon filling into shell, smoothing top, and sprinkle with remaining bread crumbs. Bake tart in middle of oven until top is golden, 20 to 25 minutes. Serve tart warm or at room temperature.
DEVILISHLY GOOD DEVILED CRAB
Provided by Food Network
Time 1h15m
Yield 4 servings
Number Of Ingredients 10
Steps:
- Preheat the oven to 350 degrees. Pick through the crabmeat to remove bits of cartilage etc. In a mixing bowl combine the crabmeat with the scallions, celery and bell pepper. (Make sure the green onions, celery and bell pepper are very finely chopped because they won't cook in the oven and you don't want their raw texture to be intrusive.) In a separate mixing bowl combine the mustard with the butter and cream. Combine the crabmeat mixture with the melted butter and cracker crumbs. Season with 1/2 teaspoon of salt and Tabasco sauce to taste. Transfer the mixture to a baking dish. Top with additional cracker crumbs and bake for half an hour until the top has browned.
- Variation instead of combining crabmeat vegetables with the butter and cream combine it with 3/4 cup of evaporated skim milk mixed with 1 teaspoon dry mustard rather than the Dijon mustard.
DEVILED CRAB
Dip your spoon into this super-rich comfort food, and you might think you're in heaven. Generous portions of crab are mixed with cream and eggs and flavored with chives, onions and more. Mmm ...
Provided by Taste of Home
Categories Appetizers
Time 50m
Yield 6 servings.
Number Of Ingredients 13
Steps:
- In a large skillet, saute onion in butter until tender. Stir in flour and salt until blended. Gradually stir in cream until smooth. , Bring to a boil; cook and stir for 2 minutes or until thickened and bubbly. Remove from the heat., Stir a small amount of hot mixture into egg yolks. Return all to the pan, stirring constantly. Bring to a gentle boil; cook and stir 2 minutes longer. Remove from the heat. Stir in the crab, mustard, Worcestershire sauce and chives., Spoon into six greased 6-oz. ramekins or custard cups. Place on a baking sheet. Combine bread crumbs and melted butter; sprinkle over tops. Bake at 375° for 20-25 minutes or until topping is golden brown.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 292 calories, Fat 16g fat (10g saturated fat), Cholesterol 194mg cholesterol, Sodium 697mg sodium, Carbohydrate 11g carbohydrate (3g sugars, Fiber 1g fiber), Protein 22g protein.
DEVILED CRAB CASSEROLE
AFTER creating this recipe, I later pared it down to serve two. I serve this entree often, since it's so easy to assemble. Along with a green salad, dessert and coffee, this casserole makes a quick, delicious lunch or dinner. -Helen Bachman, Champaign, Illinois
Provided by Taste of Home
Categories Dinner
Time 30m
Yield 2 servings.
Number Of Ingredients 11
Steps:
- In a bowl, combine crab, 3/4 cup of bread crumbs, milk, onions, eggs, salt, Worcestershire sauce, mustard and pepper. Add 4 tablespoons of butter; mix well. Spoon into a greased 1-qt. baking dish. , Combine remaining bread crumbs and butter; sprinkle over casserole. Sprinkle with paprika. Bake, uncovered, at 425° for 16-18 minutes or until golden brown and edges are bubbly.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 738 calories, Fat 46g fat (26g saturated fat), Cholesterol 392mg cholesterol, Sodium 1801mg sodium, Carbohydrate 45g carbohydrate (7g sugars, Fiber 2g fiber), Protein 34g protein.
DEVILED CRAB CAKES
Make and share this Deviled Crab Cakes recipe from Food.com.
Provided by CookinNEatinGal
Categories Crab
Time 25m
Yield 3-4 serving(s)
Number Of Ingredients 11
Steps:
- Melt butter in a med-sized saucepan.
- Sauté celery, onion, and green pepper, until tender.
- Add mustard and Worcestershire sauce.
- Move mixture to a lg. mixing bowl, and add parsley, crabmeat, and 2 well-beaten eggs. Mix well with hands.
- Fold in diced hard-boiled eggs and 1 cup breadcrumbs.
- Mold with medium ice cream scoop into crab cakes.
- Sprinkle with remaining breadcrumbs.
- Broil to cook 30 minutes.
- •To prepare these deep-fried:
- Beat 2 eggs with 1/2 cup milk.
- Roll each crab cake in this mixture, then roll in dish of 1 cup of breadcrumbs.
- Deep fry at 375°F, until golden brown.
DEVILLED CRAB
This dish needs a bit of preparation due to the amount of chopping! But it's a great dish to make, the cayenne and mustard really give it flavour and bite.
Provided by seafoodandeatit
Time 40m
Yield Serves 4
Number Of Ingredients 10
Steps:
- Preheat the oven to 180 degrees.
- Mix the crab meat with the breadcrumbs, celery, onions and moisten with the butter and cream.
- Season with the mustard, salt, cayenne, parsley and sweet green pepper and mix thoroughly.
- Pile the mixture into shells or flat individual dishes and bake in the oven for about 30 minutes.
- Serve immediately.
DEVILED CRAB TARTLETS
Encased in melt-in-the mouth pastry, succulent crab meat is given a mild spicy kick.
Provided by anastasiab97
Time 1h30m
Yield Serves 6
Number Of Ingredients 0
Steps:
- Sift the flour and a pinch of salt into a bowl, then rub in the butter until the mixture resembles breadcrumbs. Add the egg yolk and 1-2tbsp cold water, and stir to bring the mixture together. Knead briefly on a floured work surface and wrap in clingfilm. Chill in the fridge for 30 minutes.
- To make the filling, heat the knob of butter in a large frying pan and add the onion. Cook gently for about 4-5 minutes until softened, then pour in the sherry and simmer for 2 minutes. Add the vinegar and Worcestershire sauce and simmer for another minute. Stir in the mustard and cayenne pepper, remove from the heat and leave to cool.
- Heat the oven to 190C (170C fan). Roll out the pastry and use to line 6 tartlet tins (10cm diameter).line with baking paper and baking beans and blind bake for 15 minutes. Remove the paper and beans.
- Scoop the crab meat from the shells into a bowl and briefly mix. Beat together the egg and cream, then fold in the onion mixture and crab meat. Spoon into the pastry cases and bake for 15-20 minutes, until just set.
DEVILED CRAB
Provided by Janet Bukovinsky
Categories appetizer
Time 20m
Yield Four to six servings
Number Of Ingredients 13
Steps:
- In a large heavy skillet, melt the butter over low heat. Stir in the flour, mustard, salt and cayenne and cook until the mixture is smooth and bubbling, about five minutes.
- Whisk the raw egg yolk into the milk and add to the roux. Cook, stirring constantly, until the mixture is thickened and smooth. Stir in the Worcestershire sauce, parsley, lemon juice and hard-cooked egg yolks. Gently fold in the crab meat. Remove from heat.
- Preheat the oven to 375 degrees. Spoon the mixture into small ramekins and sprinkle with the bread crumbs. Bake until the tops brown, about 10 minutes.
Nutrition Facts : @context http, Calories 309, UnsaturatedFat 8 grams, Carbohydrate 6 grams, Fat 25 grams, Fiber 0 grams, Protein 16 grams, SaturatedFat 15 grams, Sodium 470 milligrams, Sugar 2 grams, TransFat 0 grams
DEVILED CRAB
Provided by Craig Claiborne
Categories dinner, easy, appetizer, main course
Time 25m
Yield 14 to 16 appetizer servings; 6 main course servings
Number Of Ingredients 11
Steps:
- Pick over the crab meat to remove cartilage and bone. Try not to break up the lumps. Put the crab in a mixing bowl.
- Melt the butter in a skillet and add the onion and celery. Cook until wilted. Set aside to cool.
- Preheat the broiler.
- Add the onion and celery mixture and 1/2 cup each of mayonnaise and cheese to the crab meat. Add the parsley, lemon juice, sherry, pepper and Tabasco. Blend carefully so as not to break up the lumps of crab.
- If you are to serve this as a canape, spoon the mixture into 14 to 16 small scallop dishes. If it is to be served as a main course, spoon it into six large scallop shells.
- Blend the remaining two tablespoons of mayonnaise and one tablespoon of cheese. Spoon equal portions of this mixture over the tops of the crab and smooth it over. Place under the broiler until bubbling and golden brown.
Nutrition Facts : @context http, Calories 131, UnsaturatedFat 7 grams, Carbohydrate 0 grams, Fat 11 grams, Fiber 0 grams, Protein 7 grams, SaturatedFat 4 grams, Sodium 274 milligrams, Sugar 0 grams, TransFat 0 grams
DEVILED CRAB
Steps:
- Preheat oven to 350°F.
- Melt butter in a 10-inch heavy skillet over moderate heat until foam subsides, then cook onion and celery, stirring, until softened, about 2 minutes. Remove from heat and cool.
- Gently toss crab with lemon juice.
- Coarsely crush saltines with your hands in a large bowl. Stir in onion mixture, Sherry, cayenne, and salt, then fold in crab.
- Divide among scallop shells and bake in middle of oven until lightly browned, about 20 minutes.
- We use Outerbridge's brand, from Bermuda. Available at specialty foods shops and from 441-296-4451 or outerbridge.com.
- ** Available at Bridge Kitchenware (800-274-3435).
LOUISIANA DEVILED CRAB CAKES
From a magazine that says this about the recipe: "These crab cakes are flavored with the "holy trinity" of Cajun cooking: onion, green bell pepper, and celery. Serve them with a hepling of coleslaw or a green salad." This makes a nice light main course, lunch or appetizer.
Provided by Oolala
Categories Crab
Time 40m
Yield 2 serving(s)
Number Of Ingredients 14
Steps:
- Cook onion, bell pepper, and celery in 1 tablespoons butter in a 10" skillet over moderately low heat, stirring occasionally, until vegetables are softened, about 8 minutes.
- Whisk together egg, sour cream, mustard, Worcestershire sauce, cayenne, and salt in a large bowl, then stir in scallion, cooked vegetables, and 1/4 cup saltine crumbs.
- Gently stir in crabmeat, then form into 4 cakes (2 1/2 to 3 inches in diameter).
- Dredge cakes in remaining saltine crumbs.
- Heat oil and remaining 2 tablespoons butter in cleaned skillet over moderate heat until foam subsides, then cook crab cakes, turning once, until golden brown, 8 minutes total.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 505.2, Fat 31.4, SaturatedFat 14, Cholesterol 228, Sodium 909.3, Carbohydrate 23.3, Fiber 1.8, Sugar 2.7, Protein 31.7
Tips:
- Choose fresh crab meat. Fresh crab meat will give your tart the best flavor. If you can't find fresh crab meat, frozen crab meat will also work.
- Use a good quality puff pastry. The puff pastry is the base of your tart, so it's important to use a good quality one. Look for a puff pastry that is made with real butter and has a light, flaky texture.
- Don't overfill the tart shells. The tart shells are delicate, so don't overfill them with the crab mixture. Otherwise, they may break.
- Bake the tarts until they are golden brown. The tarts are done baking when the crust is golden brown and the filling is set. This usually takes about 25-30 minutes.
- Serve the tarts warm or at room temperature. The tarts are best served warm or at room temperature. You can also chill them and serve them cold.
Conclusion:
Deviled crab tarts are a delicious and easy-to-make appetizer that is perfect for any occasion. They are made with a creamy crab filling that is baked in a flaky puff pastry shell. The tarts can be served warm or at room temperature, and they are sure to be a hit with your guests.
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