Thursday, December 23, 2010

Simple Cold Crab Appetizer

This is a quick and delicious appetizer to pull together.

Simple Cold Crab Appetizer
Ingredients

  • 16oz can jumbo lump crab meat (rinsed under cold water and picked over to remove any shell fragments)
  • 1/4 cup of dijon mustard
  • 1/3 to 1/2 cup light mayonnaise (amount depending on preference)
  • small chopped fresh chives (a whole container or bunch worth)
  • about 1/4 cup of chopped fresh dill (dried dill is no substitute)
  • juice from half a squeezed lemon
  • about a cup of seedless red grapes (cleaned and cut in half lengthwise)
  • crackers or bagel crisps
Method
In bowl, mix dijon mustard, mayonnaise, chives, dill, lemon juice, a healthy pinch of gray sea salt, and fresh grated black pepper until well mixed.  Gently fold in crab meat being careful not to overly break up the lumps of crab meat until well coated.

To serve, place a small heap of the crab mixture on a cracker or bagel crisp and top with a half grape.  Eat immediately (do not assembly the crab mixture on the crackers in advance as the cracker will get soggy over time).

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