Piggy Dip Au Gratin Recipes

PIGGY DIP AU GRATIN

Steps:

• With a sharp bread knife, cut the top of the loaf of bread off and hollow out the inside of the loaf, leaving the shell.
• Combine cheeses, garlic, onions, bacon bits and sour cream, mix well and place mixture in bread shell.
• Bake at 350 degrees for 45 minutes.
• Serve with crackers.

LUMP CRABMEAT AU GRATIN/DIP II

Steps:

• 1. Preheat oven 350° F. Microwave onions and garlic in microwave safe bowl with just a little water for about 3 minutes or until onions are translucent. Completely drain the liquid and set aside.
• 2. Melt butter in skillet over medium heat. Add crabmeat and sauté about 3 minutes being careful not to break up crabmeat. Scoop out crab meat and add to onions. Leave the liquid in the skillet.
• 3. Reduce heat to low and stir flour into the crab/butter liquid until well blended.
• 4. Add Monterey Jack cheese and cream cheese; stir until cheeses are completely melted.
• 5. Increase heat to medium and add Half & Half, salt, pepper & cayenne, stirring continuously until mixture begins to boil. Remove from heat immediately.
• 6. Fold in onions and crab meat, being careful not to break up crabmeat.
• 7. Pour into 6 individual buttered Ramekins or into a buttered 9 x 9 shallow casserole dish.
• 8. Sprinkle top with green onions, then top with shredded cheese. If serving as a dip, make the garlic bread now.
• 9. Put the bread slices on a baking sheet lined with foil. Combine melted butter and granulated garlic then liberally brush on one side of the baguette slices. Sprinkle lightly with parsley and grated parmesan cheese.
• 10. Put dip in the oven on lower rack and garlic bread on the top rack. Bake for 10 minutes until cheese is melted and dip is hot and bubbly, and garlic bread is toasted. Enjoy!

CRAB AND SHRIMP AU GRATIN DIP

Steps:

• Heat the cream in a heavy saucepan.
• Add the herbs, salt and pepper, green onions, and parsley.
• Stir and simmer until thickened, about 8 minutes.
• Stir in the shrimp and cook until just turning pink, about 4 minutes.
• Remove from the heat and stir in half the cheese until that melts then add the crabmeat very carefully.
• Pour into an oven proof dish and top with the remaining cheese and pop under the broiler until the cheese bubbles and turns golden.
• Serve!

CRAB DIP GRATIN

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350º.
• Feel through the crab meat to make sure there aren't any remaining bits of shell still attached.
• Melt the butter in a 2 quart, heavy-bottomed pan. Add the shallots, cayenne and pepper and sauté over medium heat for 5 minutes. Add the garlic and sauté until fragrant - only about 30 seconds.
• Pour the dry vermouth and the lemon juice into the pan, and raise the heat to medium-high, stirring and scraping the bottom of the pan to deglaze it. Cook, uncovered, over medium-high heat for 5 minutes.
• Lower the heat to medium-low. Cut the cream cheese into large chunks (about 2 tablespoons each), and stir them into the pan, stirring well to make sure the cheese melts and is well combined with the other ingredients.
• Once all the cream cheese is melted, add the Gruyere and Parmesan cheeses. Stir well until they are melted and combined with the rest of the ingredients.
• Stir in the crab meat, half and half, and Tabasco, mixing to combine the ingredients well.
• Taste the dip - the cheeses add a fair amount of salt, so I don't usually add any more. But if you like you could add some salt at this point.
• Bake at 350º for 30 minutes. Garnish with chives and serve with crackers or toast rounds.

LUMP CRABMEAT & SPINACH AU GRATIN

Steps:

• 1. Preheat oven 350° F. Microwave spinach according to package directions. Drain liquid, squeeze some excess liquid and set aside.
• 2. Melt butter in a medium skillet and sauté crab meat about 3-4 minutes over medium heat being careful not to break up crab meat.
• 3. Gently remove crab with slotted spoon and set aside for later. Leave the liquid in the skillet.
• 4. In the same skillet stir in the flour and cook on low heat until well blended. Add Mozzarella, cream cheese, and sherry, stir over low heat until cheeses are completely melted.
• 5. Add Half and Half and seasonings, stir continuously over medium heat until the mixture begins to boil. Remove from heat immediately.
• 6. Gently fold in the spinach first. Taste for seasonings and adjust if needed. Then fold in the crab meat.
• 7. Pour into a 9" x 9" shallow casserole dish or 6 individual ramekins. Sprinkle shredded cheese on top and bake for 10 minutes or until cheese is melted.
• 8. Sprinkle with parsley or chives if desired. Serve piping hot with crusty garlic bread slices.

GRANDMA'S FAMOUS POTATOES AU GRATIN

Steps:

• PREHEAT oven to 400°F; MEASURE the GROUP ONE ingredients into a small bowl (3 tablespoons parmesan cheese, 1 1/2 teaspoons kosher salt and 1/2 teaspoon ground black pepper); MIX well with fork; SET aside.
• PEEL and slice potatoes thinly; PEEL and slice onions thinly (into rings); GRATE 3 cups sharp cheddar cheese.
• LIGHTLY grease a 2.5 quart dish or 9x13 baking dish; LAYER 1/3 of the potatoes, 1/2 of the onion, 1/3 of the cheese, and 1/3 of the GROUP ONE mixture.
• REPEAT layers, finishing with with remaining potatoes, the remaining GROUP 1 mixture, and the remaining cheese.
• COMBINE 1 cup heavy cream with 3/4 cup strong chicken broth and 1/4 cup dry white wine in a bowl; ADD 1 teaspoon rubbed sage, 1/2 teaspoon prepared horseradish (or 1/2 teaspoon dry mustard), and 1 dash ground nutmeg; WHISK mixture well; POUR mixture evenly over potatoes.
• SPRINKLE 1/8 cup powdered parmesan cheese, 1 dash paprika, 1 dash freshly cracked pepper and 1/2 teaspoon chives or parsley, evenly over the top of mixture in baking dish for the GARNISH.
• BAKE 1 hour.
• ALLOW to stand about 10 minutes to cool and set, before serving.
• SERVE.
• GET READY to melt into your seat after just one taste!