Crab Salad with Ham Crostini. Great recipe for Crab Salad with Ham Crostini. This makes a wonderful lunch and a great appetizer cut in half or thirds. I use fresh bakery baguette rolls cut in half because we like the crispy top but the touch of softness that remains underneath.
This easy but delicious appetizer is made with cooked crab, mayo, herbs, bell pepper, and Dijon mustard for a nice "bite". It's piled on slices of Italian bread and broiled until bubbly. Pick over crabmeat to remove cartilage. You can cook Crab Salad with Ham Crostini using 20 ingredients and 11 steps. Here is how you cook it.
Ingredients of Crab Salad with Ham Crostini
- Prepare of CRAB SALAD.
- It's 1 lb of jumbo crabmeat.
- It's 1 of stalk of celery, finely chopped.
- You need 2 tbsp of chopped chives.
- You need 1 tsp of fresh lemon juice.
- Prepare 1 of fresh jalapeno, seeded and finely choppec.
- It's 1/3 cup of mayonnaise.
- Prepare 1/4 tsp of black pepper and salt to taste.
- You need 1 tsp of hot sauce, such as Franks red not.
- It's of CROSTINI.
- It's 4 of baguette french rolls, cut in half, or slices of good french bread.
- It's 2 tbsp of butter, salted or unsalted, melted.
- You need 2 tbsp of good olive pile.
- Prepare 1 of clove of garlic, finey minced.
- Prepare 1/4 tsp of black pepper and salt to taste.
- Prepare 2 tbsp of grated romano cheese.
- You need 1/4 lb of thin sliced,deI honey ham.
- It's 1 cup of torn Boston lettece.
- You need of GARNISH.
- It's 16 of more or less of grape or cherry tomatos.
In medium bowl, combine all ingredients except Italian bread; blend well. In a bowl, combine crabmeat, yogurt, chives, dill, lemon zest, olive oil, garlic and salt. Dollop the crab salad onto each crostini, then top each mound with caviar (optional). Pickled Egg Salad Crostini with Serrano Ham Peden + Munk.
Crab Salad with Ham Crostini instructions
- Preheat the oven to 425. Line a baking sheet with foil..
- MAKE CRAB SALAD.
- Combine all crab salad ingredients in a bowl, mix gently to combine. Chill.
- Place baguette halfs on foil, cut side up.
- In a small bowl combine melted butter, olive oil, garlic,pepper, and romano cheese, mix well..
- Brush baguette tops with butter/oil.mixture.
- Place in preheated oven until golden and crisp about 15 to 18 minutes.
- ASSEMBLE CROSTINI.
- Spread each toasted bread evenly with crab salad, add lettuce on top.of crab salad..
- Wrap ham around crostini as shown.
- Serve with the grape or cherry tomatoes.
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