Fire Roasted Crab Shooters Recipes

Steps:

• In 2-quart saucepan, combine tomatoes, broth, celery and onions. Cook over medium-high heat 10 to 12 minutes, stirring occasionally, until celery is softened.
• In 4-quart saucepan, melt butter over low heat. Using wire whisk, stir flour into butter. Cook 1 minute, stirring constantly. Slowly add half-and-half, stirring constantly. Stir in tomato mixture, 1 cup at a time.
• Stir in wine, salt and pepper. Bring to a boil over medium-high heat. Reduce heat to low; stir in crabmeat and basil. Cover and simmer 30 minutes, stirring occasionally.

Steps:

• Cleaning dungeness crab:
• Holding the body backside up, place your right thumb in the joint between the upper and lower shell on the side opposite the mouth. Your palm will be stretched across the top of the shell. Hold the bottom of the crab in your opposite hand. Force your thumb in and pull up and back to your right until shell snaps off. Pour any juices in the shell into a small bowl. Cut the body into quarters with a large knife. Twist the legs off the body. Crack lightly in several places with a nutcracker and set aside.
• Heat the olive oil in a very large ovenproof saute pan over medium-high heat until hot. (You may need 2 pans.) Add the crab and garlic, and toss well. Saute for about 10 minutes. Season, to taste, with salt and pepper and mix in lemon juice. Saute for another 5 minutes, then add parsley. After another 1 or 2 minutes, remove the crab and serve in the newspaper lined cans.

Steps:

• In a shallow bowl, coarsely mash the diced avocado with a fork.
• Add the heavy cream, lemon juice ( use it a little at a tine), and crushed red pepper flakes and mash the mixture just until combined.
• Stir in the chopped cilantro and season generously with salt and pepper.
• With kitchen scissors, cut the crab leg shells and pull out the crabmeat.
• Cut the crabmeat crosswise into 1-inch pieces and shred the crab or use lump crab meat (6 oz).
• In a small bowl, combine the coconut milk and ginger.
• Fold in the crab and season with salt and pepper.
• Spoon the crab and avocado into 8 (5 oz) small glasses.
• Top each shooter with an avocado wedge and serve.
• **Make Ahead: The shelled crabmeat can be refrigerated overnight.
• ***Wine: the zesty 2006 Veramonte Sauvignon Blanc, made from grapes grown in the ocean breeze-cooled Casablanca Valley�arguably Chile�s premier Sauvignon Blanc region.