Crunchy Crab Parcels (With Freezing Directions)
- Ready In:
- 50mins
- Ingredients:
- 7
- Yields:
-
30 parcels
ingredients
- 1 small potato, cut into quarters
- 85.04 g butter
- 2 fluid ounce light cream
- 2 green onions, plus extra
- green onion, for serving
- 283.49 g crabmeat, mixed white and brown
- 12 sheet phyllo pastry
directions
- Boil the potato for 15 minutes until soft.
- Meanwhile, place 1 ounce of the butter and all of the cream in a heavy-based pan and bring to the boil.
- Slice the green onions, separating the green and white parts, then add the white slices to the boiling liquid and cook for 1 to 2 minutes to soften.
- Pass the cooked potato through a ricer or sieve to a really fine mash and then add to the pan and mix everything together. Set aside to cool.
- Add the crabmeat and sliced green bits of the onion to the potato mixture and stir together.
- Melt the remaining butter.
- Unwrap the filo pastry and cover with a clean, damp tea towel to prevent it drying out.
- Brush melted butter over one sheet, place another on top and brush again with butter. Then add a final sheet of filo.
- Cut the filo sheets into 3 long strips. Then cut each strip in half across the middle.
- Place a teaspoon of the crab onto the bottom right-hand corner of each filo strip.
- Fold the filo over to make a triangle, then fold again, rolling up the strip.
- When the mixture is enclosed and you have neat triangle shape, place on a baking tray and brush with more butter.
- Heat oven to 400 degrees and cook the rolls for 15 to 20 minutes until golden and crisp.
- To serve, pile the parcels up on a plate or bowl. Then scatter over the extra sliced green onion, if you like.
- FREEZING DIRECTIONS: These can be frozen if using fresh crab. Freeze at the point before cooking. They can be frozen for up to a month.
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