Screaming Crab Melts on Pumpernickel

Name: Screaming Crab Melts on Pumpernickel
Prep time: 29 min
Cook time: 29 min
Total time: 29 min
Yield: 4
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 237 milliliters baby spinach leaves; 4 servings Pitted black olives, cut crosswise into rings; 2 Tbsps freshly chopped chives; 227 grams cream cheese; 4 teaspoons Dijon mustard, divided; 2 Tbsps heavy cream or milk; 1 Tbsp prepared horseradish; 454 grams lump crabmeat; 2 Tbsps grated Parmesan; 1 strip Pimento pieces and; 4 slices pumpernickel bread, cut into 4-inch rounds (making 8 rounds total); 4 servings Salt and freshly ground black pepper

You can never have too many main course recipes, so give Screaming Crab Melts on Pumpernickel a try. Watching your figure? This pescatarian recipe has 426 calories, 28g of protein, and 28g of fat per serving. This recipe serves 4. This recipe covers 27% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes around 29 minutes. If you have heavy cream, dijon mustard, lump crabmeat, and a few other ingredients on hand, you can make it. To use up the heavy cream you could follow this main course with the Homemade Blizzards with Reese’s Peanut Butter Eggs as a dessert.

Instructions

Preheat oven to 400 degrees F.

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In a large bowl, whisk together cream cheese and heavy cream until smooth. Fold in crab, chives and horseradish. Season, to taste, with salt and black pepper.

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Salt And Pepper

Cream Cheese

Heavy Cream

Horseradish

Chives

Crab

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Transfer mixture to a small baking dish and bake 10 minutes, until hot and bubbly.

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Preheat broiler.

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Spread 1/2 teaspoon mustard on 1 side of each pumpernickel round. Top with spinach leaves and crab mixture.

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Spinach

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Crab

Sprinkle Parmesan over top. Broil 2 minutes, until top is golden brown.

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Parmesan

Place 2 olive rings on the top of each crab melt and fill the center with a piece of pimento, making "eyes". Use another strip of pimento to make a circle for a "screaming mouth".

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Servings:

237milliliters

baby spinach leaves 4servings

Pitted black olives, cut crosswise into rings 2Tbsps

freshly chopped chives 227grams

cream cheese 4teaspoons

Dijon mustard, divided 2Tbsps

heavy cream or milk 1Tbsp

prepared horseradish 454grams

lump crabmeat 2Tbsps

grated Parmesan 1strip

Pimento pieces and 4slices

pumpernickel bread, cut into 4-inch rounds (making 8 rounds total)4servings

Salt and freshly ground black pepper

Recommended wine: Chardonnay, Muscadet, Riesling

Chardonnay, Muscadet, and Riesling are my top picks for Shellfish. Buttery chardonnay is great for scallops, shrimp, crab, and lobster, while muscadet is a classic pick for mussels, oysters, and clams. If you've got some spice in your shellfish, a semi-dry riesling can balance out the heat. The La Crema Russian River Chardonnay with a 4.1 out of 5 star rating seems like a good match. It costs about 28 dollars per bottle.