Crab Filo Appetizers

sfd6Crab Filo Appetizers – These oven baked, creamy, crab filo appetizers are succulently delicious. Light, flaky, filo is wrapped around a magical medley of cream, crab, and pan fried garlic, then oven baked to a golden brown.  A very quick and easy seafood recipe, that you can even have as a snack while watching a movie or the game!

Prep Time: 10-15 mins
Cook Time: 15-20 mins
Servings: 8
Main Ingredient: Crab
Difficulty Level: 1

Ingredients to make Crab Filo Appetizers

3 T Butter
2 Cloves garlic, minced
3 T Flour
1 c Whipping cream
1 lb Fresh crab meat
2 T Chopped chives
2 T Chopped parsley
Salt & pepper to taste
8 Filo sheets
1/2 c Unsalted butter

Directions to make Crab Filo Appetizers

Step 1:In 3 Tbls butter, saute garlic, and then stir in the flour and cook for about 1 minute. Add the cream and stir till thick. Stir in crab, chives, salt and pepper.
Step 2:Fold the filo sheets so they are 6inch x 6inch brushing each layer with melted butter. Put a big plop of the crab mixture in the center of each square, and fold into triangles. Seal and brush top with melted butter.
Step 3:Bake at 400~ for 15 to 20 minutes, until they look perfectly browned.

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BBQ Snapper and Sauce

sfd1BBQ Snapper and Sauce – This fresh, saucy, BBQ snapper and sauce recipe is light and creamy at the same time. Healthy snapper fillets, are grilled or broiled, and then smothered in a homemade, stove top creamy citrus sauce. Quick, easy, and delicious, best describes this easy seafood recipe.

Prep Time: 10 mins
Cook Time: 7-10 mins
Servings: 4
Main Ingredient: Snapper Fillets
Difficulty Level: 2

Ingredients to make BBQ Snapper and Sauce

2 small poblano chilies, charred, seeded, peeled
1 tbls olive oil
Salt and pepper to taste
1/4 cup pumpkin seeds OR 1/4 cup pine nuts, ground, toasted
1/4 cup heavy cream
1/4 cup basil leaves, chopped
1 clove garlic, chopped
3 tbls shallots,chopped
1 tsp lime zest, chopeed
1/2 cup chicken stock
2 tbls lime juice
4 fillets red snapper

Directions to make BBQ Snapper and Sauce

Step 1:Preheat a grill or broiler. Combine the chilies, pumpkin seeds, garlic, shallots and chicken stock in a blender. Puree for about 30 seconds. Transfer the puree to a saucepan. Bring to a boil. Set aside.
Step 2:Lightly brush the snapper fillets with the olive oil. Sprinkle with salt and pepper. Grill or broil the fillets 3 to 4 minutes on each side or until fish flakes easily.
Step 3:Just before serving, add the cream, basil, lime zest, juice and salt and pepper to the sauce. Simmer 3 to 4 minutes. Spoon the sauce onto the dinner plates. Top with the fish

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Creamed Lobster and Clams

sfd2Creamed Lobster and Clams – These classic, creamy clams and lobster meat are a very quick, stove top appetizer. The succulent sauce smothers the seafood and is warmed together, completely blending flavors, and then served in prepared pastry shells. You could even add a side salad, and enjoy it for lunch.

Prep Time: 5-10 mins
Cook Time: 10-15 mins
Main Ingredient: Lobster, Clam
Difficulty Level: 1

Ingredients to make Creamed Lobster and Clams

2 Green onions, sliced
3 tb Butter
3 tb Flour
1/2 ts Salt
1/8 ts Cayenne
1 1/2 c Half and half
3 tb Dry white wine
1/2 c Cooked lobster
1/2 c Cooked clams, minced
Pastry shells
1 cn Mushrooms (4 1/2oz) drained

Directions to make Creamed Lobster and Clams

Step 1:

In a saucepan, saute onion in butter until tender. Blend in flour, salt and cayenne. Add the half and half all at once. Cook, stirring constantly, until mixture is thick and bubbly

Step 2:

Add the wine, clams, lobster and button mushrooms. Heat through and serve in warm pastry shells.

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Convenient Clam Chowder

sfd_chwConvenient Clam Chowder – This simplest ever, and very convenient recipe for clam chowder is delicious. It is the ideal meal for those busy weeknights when there just doesn’t seem to be enough time for everything., as it is a life-saving crockpot recipe. Open the cans, put in slow cooker, mix with your favorite herbs and spice, and then turn it on and go to work, this simple seafood recipe will be waiting for you when you get home!

Prep Time: 5-10 mins
Servings: 6-8
Main Ingredient: Clams
Difficulty Level: 1

Ingredients to make Convenient Clam Chowder

2 cans cream of celery soup
2 cans cream of potato soup
3 cans New England clam chowder
2 cans minced clams, drained
2 pints half and half

Directions to make Convenient Clam Chowder

Step 1:Combine all ingredients in the crockpot. Cover and cook on low for 6-8 hours.

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Velvety Warm Mustard Pepper Sauce

sfdpbVelvety Warm Mustard Pepper Sauce – This creamy, Southern style, mustard sauce recipe is absolutely heavenly when served with seafood. First blended, and then simmered stove top, this sauce has an original mix of creamy and fiery all at the same time. Be sure to let us know if you liked this quick and easy recipe as much as we did.

Prep Time: 10-15 mins
Cook Time: 15-20 mins
Difficulty Level: 1

Ingredients to make Velvety Warm Mustard Pepper Sauce

1 c Chopped mustard greens OR Swiss Chard
1/2 c Coarsely chopped green pepper
1 lg Red-ripe tomato, cored,quartered
1/4 c Loosely packed chopped cilantro
2 Fresh hot green chiles,stemmed, seeded
2 Garlic cloves, peeled
1 tb Mild olive oil
1/2 ts Ground cumin
1/2 ts Ground coriander
1 tb Dijon-style mustard
1 ts Sugar
1/2 ts Salt, or to taste
1/3 c Heavy cream

**A full recipe of this sauce is enough for about 1 1/2 pounds of cooked fish, seafood or firm cubed tofu.

Directions to make Velvety Warm Mustard Pepper Sauce

Step 1:Place greens, pepper, tomato, cilantro, chiles and garlic in a blender or food processor and process until smoothly pureed. Set aside.
Step 2:Heat oil in a 2-quart saucepan over medium-high heat. Add pureed mixture and cook, stirring constantly, for 5 minutes. Add the remaining ingredients. Bring to a boil, reduce heat to low, cover, and cook until sauce is thick, 12 to 15 minutes.
Step 3:Makes about 2 cups.

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Best Seafood Bisque

 Best Seafood Bisque – This amazing new seafood recipe, is without a doubt, the “best” seafood bisque you have ever made! Loaded with succulent, shredded lobster, lots of crunchy vegetables. and flavorful herbs, everyone loves this. Great for lunch the next day as well.

Prep Time: 10 mins
Cook Time: 50 mins
Servings: 6
Main Ingredient: Lobster
Difficulty Level: 2

Ingredients to make Best Seafood Bisque

4 lb Whole Lobster
2 tb Olive oil
4 tb Butter
1/2 c Finely chopped onion
1/2 c Finely chopped carrot
1/2 c Finely chopped celery
1/2 ts Dried thyme
1 Bay leaf
3 Cloves finely chopped garlic
2 c Plain tomato sauce, canned is fine
1 c Dry white wine
4 c Chicken broth
2 tb Tomato paste
A dash of hot sauce
2 c Heavy cream
1/4 c Cognac
Salt & fresh ground pepper -to taste

Directions to make Best Seafood Bisque

Step 1:Plunge the lobsters into boiling water for 3-4 min. Take them out of the boiling water and remove the tails. Cut the carcas into quarters, discarding the sacks. Crack the claws. Remove the meat from the tails and set aside.
Step 2:In a large pot melt the butter in the oil and sautee the carrot, onion and celery. When lightly browned, add all other ingredients except the cream and salt and pepper. Bring to a boil and cook for 45 min. Strain into another pot with a fine cheesecloth.
Step 3:Add cream and cook on med low for 10 min. Season with salt and pepper. Take the tail meat and shread it by hand, not too big. Add to the soup. Cook 5 min.on med low.

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