Crabmeat Rabbit Recipes

CAJUN-STYLE STUFFED RABBIT LEGS

Steps:

• Using small knife or boning knife, starting at top of each thigh bone, cut meat from bone, pushing and scraping as necessary, down to the leg bone. Cut off and reserve thigh bones. Leave leg bone intact and attached to boned thigh.
• Place pieces in a flat dish and sprinkle with 4 tablespoons each of chopped onion and celery, carrot rounds, syrup, 2 tablespoons wine, basil, tarragon, thyme, 1/8 teaspoon cayenne and salt. Blend well and set aside to marinate, preferably overnight in refrigerator.
• Meanwhile, heat oven to 450 degrees.
• Place reserved rabbit bones in one layer in a small skillet and place in oven. Bake until well browned, 30 to 40 minutes. Remove from oven but do not turn off oven. Add remaining 8 tablespoons of wine and the water and bring to boil on top of stove. Cook, stirring occasionally, about 20 minutes, or until liquid is reduced to about 1/2 cup. Discard bones and set sauce aside.
• Put crab meat in a bowl. Heat butter in a small skillet and add remaining 2 tablespoons each of onion and celery, along with sweet pepper and garlic. Cook briefly, stirring, and add to crab meat. Add mustard, remaining 1/8 teaspoon cayenne, sherry, lemon juice, bread crumbs, cream, salt and pepper to taste. Blend well with fingers.
• Open up thigh cavity of each leg and fill with equal portions of crab mixture. Press around top of thigh to compact the filling. Arrange stuffed legs in one layer in a baking dish. Bake in oven 30 minutes.
• To serve, cut each thigh crosswise into four pieces of equal size. Serve with the reheated sherry sauce spooned over.

IMITATION CRABMEAT RANGOON

Steps:

• Mix first 5 ingredients well.
• Spoon 1-Tbl.
• of mixture onto wrapper.
• Bring all corners up (at top of mixture) forming a purse, and pinch to secure.
• Deep fry in hot oil 1-minute or until golden brown.
• Drain on paper towels.
• Makes 50-60.
• Recipe can be halved.
• Dig in and enjoy!

WARREN LERUTH'S NEW ORLEANS STYLE CRABMEAT ST. FRANCIS

Steps:

• Heat the margarine in a saucepan until it bubbles. Add all the sauce ingredients except the milk and flour, and sauté until the vegetables are well browned and sticking a little bit to the pan. Remove from heat and set aside for 15 minutes.
• After 15 minutes, add the evaporated milk and 3/4 cup of water to the saucepan and bring to a boil, stirring lightly.
• While the boil is coming up, whisk the flour into 3 oz. of water. After the pan comes to a boil, stir the flour-water mixture slowly into the other ingredients. Simmer for three minutes, until the sauce is thick.
• Spoon the sauce into a pan and refrigerate overnight.
• To complete the dish, preheat the oven to 425 F degrees. Mix the bread crumbs, Parmesan cheese, and paprika together.
• Put about 3 oz. crabmeat into a scallop shell or small au gratin dish. Top with 5 oz. of the chilled sauce, then sprinkle with the bread crumb mixture.
• Bake at 425 F degrees until the crumbs brown and the sides of the dish begin to bubble--20-25 minutes.
• Remove from the oven and top each with 1 teaspoon melted margarine.
• Serve very hot.