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CRANBERRY CRAB MEAT APPETIZERS

Crispy little phyllo tart shells with a creamy crab filling and topped with sweet cranberry.

Ingredients (Serves: 15)

¼cup cranberry sauce, whole berry, canned ¹⁄3 cup cream cheese, softened

½ cup lump crab meat

Old Bay seasoning, to taste

2 tablespoons green onion, chopped

15 phyllo mini shells, frozen

Place cranberry sauce in a small bowl; beat with whisk until smooth. Combine cream cheese, crab meat, green onion and Old Bay in a bowl. Fill each shell with about 1 tsp. of the cream cheese mixture; top with ½ tsp. cranberry sauce. Arrange on frying pan. Place the pan on the low rack. Set oven for 375ºF and the timer for 10 minutes.

These can be made up ahead of time and taken right out of the freezer and into the oven.

HOT BEEF DIP IN BREAD BOWL

Beautiful and delicious party food – spicy and warm beefy, cheesy filling served in a bread bowl.

Ingredients

1 sourdough round bread loaf

1 pound ground chuck ½ cup water

1 1-oz. pkg. taco seasoning mix

1 8-oz. reduced-fat cream cheese, softened 1 cup light sour cream

2 cups reduced-fat cheddar cheese, sharp, shredded

1 teaspoon Tabasco pepper sauce

Leaving a 1-inch border, cut top from bread, reserving top for lid. Hollow out loaf to make a bowl, leaving a ½-inch thick shell; set aside.

Crumble beef into an 8” round pan (like a cake pan). On high rack in oven, cook beef at 400ºF, stirring occasionally, for 5 minutes, or until beef appears cooked with no pink. Drain.

Add seasoning and ½ cup water to beef and return to high rack for another 5 minutes.

In a bowl, add remaining ingredients and pour into bread bowl. On low rack, heat for 30 minutes at 300ºF.

Serve with chips.

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Fagor America 670040380 user manual Cranberry Crab Meat Appetizers, HOT Beef DIP in Bread Bowl