Delicate appetizer made from crab sticks looks beautiful on the festive table. It will perfectly complement a hot dish, and will also be a great alternative to the well-known crab salad.
To prepare the snack, you will need the following ingredients:
• chicken egg - 2 pcs.;
• crab sticks - 6-8 pcs.;
• cheese - 200 g;
• garlic - 2 cloves;
• pitted olives - 1 can;
• mayonnaise - 4 tbsp. spoons (can be replaced with sour cream).
Cooking method:
1) Boil eggs hard-boiled, pour cold water, peel;
2) Grate eggs on a fine grater;
3) Grate cheese and stir in eggs;
You can use any cheese: hard, processed or sausage.
4) Chop the garlic, previously crushed under the press, then mix with cheese and eggs. Add mayonnaise and mix well. You will get a homogeneous thick mass;
5) Grate crab sticks in a separate plate, it is better to take frozen ones;
6) With wet hands, take a small amount of the mass, form a cake and place an olive in the center. Olives can be stuffed with walnuts or almonds;
7) Roll up small balls and roll them in grated crab sticks
Alternatively, crab sticks can be mixed into the bulk, and the balls can be rolled in grated egg white - then the appetizer will look just like Raffaello sweets.
8) Put the finished snack in the refrigerator.
As a filling for balls, you can use not only olives, but also olives, as well as nuts (walnuts, peanuts, almonds), pieces of red fish, shrimps, sprats. If you wish, you can make an assortment of balls with different fillings.
The smaller the balls are, the more elegant the appetizer will look.
Cooking options for crab sticks and cheese.
1) You can also make pita rolls from crab sticks. To do this, spread a mass of cheese, garlic and mayonnaise on a pita bread sheet. Place the crab sticks on top in rows. Next, twist the pita bread away from you and cut into portions (about 4 cm thick).
2) Tartlets with crab sticks.
Cut eggs and crab sticks into small cubes. Grate cheese. Mix the ingredients, season with mayonnaise. Put the resulting mass in tartlets and decorate with herbs.
3) You can make an original pyramid from crab sticks.
Sticks (10 pcs.) You need to untwist, for which first put them in hot water for a while and hold over the steam. Then fill them with a mass of cheese, garlic, mayonnaise and finely chopped dill. Twist the sticks and lay out with a woodpile (pyramid), alternately greasing the layers with a small amount of mayonnaise. Sprinkle the woodpile on top with grated crab sticks.
The appetizer should be refrigerated for several hours so that it can then be easily cut.
You can make the straws beautifully edged yellow by dipping them in grated yolk at both ends. Place the straws on a dish and sprinkle with yolks on top.
Preparing an appetizer will not take you much time, and guests will surely appreciate the original dish.
