Spicy Crab Salad Tapas Recipes

Steps:

• In a small bowl, mix the first six ingredients; gently stir in crab. If desired, spread over bread. Serve with lime wedges if desired.

Steps:

• For the dressing: Put the mayonnaise, sour cream, parsley, chives, tarragon, lemon juice, lemon zest and avocado in a food processor and process until smooth.
• For the crostini: Preheat the oven to 375 degrees F. Spread out the baguette slices in one layer on a baking sheet. Drizzle with olive oil and season with salt and pepper. Bake until lightly golden, 8 to 10 minutes.
• Spread the baguette slices generously with dressing, then top with crabmeat. Sprinkle with smoked paprika and sea salt.

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375°. Combine the first 12 ingredients. Refrigerate, covered, at least 1 hour., Meanwhile, on a lightly floured surface, unfold puff pastry. Roll each pastry into a 10-in. square; cut each into twenty-five 2-in. squares. Using a round 1-1/2-in. cookie cutter, cut out the centers of half the puff pastry squares. Whisk egg and water; brush over pastry. Place cutout squares on top of solid squares; transfer to parchment-lined baking sheets., Bake until golden brown, about 18 minutes. Cool to room temperature. Once cool, spoon 1 heaping tablespoon of crab salad into center of each cooked pastry. If desired, top with minced parsley and seasoning. Serve immediately.

Steps:

• Blend cream cheese, mayonnaise and lemon juice.
• Chop crab meat into bite size pieces.
• Add remaining ingredients and mix well.
• Serve cold.

Steps:

• In a large bowl, mix all ingredients.
• Serve chilled with crackers or tostadas.
• Use more or less of the cottage cheese depending on your taste. Same applies for the hot sauce. Make sure everything is well drained or you will have a very watery salad.

Steps:

• Bring a large pot of lightly salted water to a boil; cook rotini at a boil until tender yet firm to the bite, about 8 minutes. Drain pasta and add to a large bowl with extra-virgin olive oil. Stir well, and refrigerate, about 30 minutes, while preparing the other ingredients.
• Combine bell pepper, broccoli, carrots, crabmeat, olives, and onion in a bowl. Add to pasta.
• Stir together mayonnaise, balsamic vinaigrette, Italian seasoning, and black pepper for the dressing in a small bowl and pour over the pasta salad. Mix to combine. Garnish with cherry tomatoes and serve at room temperature or chilled.