I know that I said that I would get back to doing this now that my life has settled down again, but for some reason, I just haven’t. Well, I am going to say it again and hope it sticks this time. I recently made a crab appetizer that I have done a few times now with the help of Jenn. It was really her idea about a year ago to make these for a dinner party, but we ate them without taking pictures, so there’s no record of that. Coincidentally, I also made them for a dinner party this go around and took pics for good measure. Now, they aren’t the greatest pictures (and there is no plating) as I was running late to the party (fashionably late of course). We originally got the recipe from here. And each time, I tweaked it a little to fit my needs better. They are definitely easy to make and so far, both dinner parties enjoyed them a lot. My colleague actually just asked me for the recipe.
Ingredients:
- 1 pkg of flour tortillas, cut into drinking glass rim-sized circles
- 1 8oz pkg soft cream cheese
- 2 (6 ounce) can crab meat, drained (original recipe calls for 1, but c’mon…)
- 2 tablespoons mayonnaise
- 2 tablespoons grated Parmesan cheese
- 1/2 cup shredded Cheddar cheese
- 2 tablespoons thinly sliced green onion
- 1 teaspoon Worcestershire sauce
- 1 pinch paprika
Directions:
- *this is where I made some tweaks* The original recipe called for biscuit dough, which I have tried and it just turned out too doughy and took away from the whole dish. This time I tried little circles of flour tortillas, which turned out to be a lot better
- Brush the tortilla circles with a little bit of melter butter or olive oil and press into a muffin/cupcake pan
- Bake the tortillas at 375 degrees for ~10 min or until golden brown and crispy
- At the same time, mix the cream cheese, crab meat, mayo, parmesan, cheddar cheese, green onion, and Worcestershire sauce in a mixing bowl
- Place a spoonful of the mixture into each tortilla bowl (still in the muffin pan) and garnish with a dash of paprika
- Bake at 375 degrees for ~15-18 minutes
- Take them out and enjoy with some friends/impress some coworkers
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Love the idea of the tortilla cups. For breakfast some mornings, I do a similar thing, filling the baked tortilla cups with scrambled eggs & chorizo topped with a dollop of sour cream. Your pictures are awesome BTW – I swear I could almost taste the crab filling (and yeah, you need 2 cans!).
Thank you! your breakfast sounds amazing. I am going to have to try that, if I ever wake up early enough to actually make breakfast.