Best 8 Warm Crab Tartlets Recipes

CRAB TARTLETS

Steps:

• Cut roughly cherry tomatoes, put on paper towels and let drain. In the meantime, in a bowl, mix mayonnaise, vinegar, terragon and tabasco. Add crabmeat and mix. Sponge up the tomatoes and add to crab mixture. (You can prepare this step in advance, cover it, and put it in the fridge until next day).
• If you want, put miniature phyllo cups on a baking sheet and heat in a preheated oven of 250 F for about 5 minutes. Put the phyllo cups in a serving plate and garnish each phyllo cups with about 1 teaspoon of crab mixture.

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.

WARM CRAB TARTLETS

Steps:

• For the crust: Combine the flour and salt in a food processor. Pulse a few times.
• Add the cold butter and pulse until the bits of butter are the size of peas. Add the cold water 1 tablespoon at a time, pulsing in between, until the dough comes together. It will be a bit lumpy.
• Shape the dough into a rectangle, then wrap it in plastic and refrigerate for at least 30 minutes.
• Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F. Place the dough on a floured work surface and roll out to a 8 X 20 inch rectangle.
• Trim the rough edges. Then cut down the center lengthwise. Cut each strip into 5 pieces creating 10- 4 inch squares of dough.
• Fold each square and place them into muffin tins. Press the centers down to the bottom and press the folds into the sides. Prick the bottoms of the shells several times with a fork.
• Bake the shells for 15 minutes. Then cool a little.
• In the meantime, combine the cream and eggs in a medium sized bowl. Whisk until smooth. Then stir in the rest of the ingredients.
• Scoop the crab mixture into each shell evenly.
• Bake for about 20 minutes-until the tops are firm and slightly golden.
• Serve warm!

WARM CRAB DIP

Steps:

• In a large heavy saucepan, heat the cream cheese, mayonnaise, lemon juice, Worcestershire sauce and sherry if desired over low heat, stirring often. Stir in crab and onion; heat through. Serve warm with crackers.

WARM BRIE AND PEAR TARTLETS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C). Line a jelly roll pan with parchment paper.
• Arrange tart shells onto prepared pan. Put a piece of Brie cheese into each shell. Sprinkle diced pear and a couple thyme leaves into each shell and drizzle with honey.
• Bake in preheated oven until cheese is melted and tarts are golden, 12 to 15 minutes.

DEVILED CRAB TART

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.

CRAB AND SNOW PEA TARTLETS

Steps:

• Place pea pods and the crabmeat in a food processor, pulse just until chopped. Add the egg, mayonnaise, celery, onion and mustard. Pulse briefly, just until mixed together.
• Spoon into tart shells and chill.

DEVILED CRAB TARTLETS

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.