Rangoonioliorama
So, a little while back, dolohov posted a recipe he tried for "Krab Rangoon". I believe it was part of a competition involving fake cheese. He made rangoons using fake "crab" (i.e. flavored whitefish), no-fat cream cheese, and some real crab. I wanted to try it out, but akiko didn't think that much fried-ness was in her diet, so we decided to boil them and make ravioli instead. It came out pretty decent, but it was even better the next night when I took the leftovers and pan-fried them in a little butter. Yummy. Oh, and the coup-de-grace is some Iron Chef fanboy brand Orange-Ginger glaze sauce. Works very nicely.
For anyone who's curious about the exact recipe I ended up improvising:
- One 8oz block light cream cheese (wasn't brave enough for the actual no-fat)
- about 4oz fake crab
- about 4oz real crab
- 40 won-ton wrappers (2 per ravioli, makes them big)
Just stir everything together (chop the Krab up first as necessary) and then seal spoon-sized globs between wrappers... it takes some experimenting to get the right amount to fit, and putting them together took about forever, so I probably won't do it often, but yum.
Of, and with some leftovers and the recipe off an Old Bay tin, I made a serviceable crab cake for lunch. I discovered that equal parts of generic coctail sauce and miracle whip actually makes a passable crab cake topping...
For anyone who's curious about the exact recipe I ended up improvising:
- One 8oz block light cream cheese (wasn't brave enough for the actual no-fat)
- about 4oz fake crab
- about 4oz real crab
- 40 won-ton wrappers (2 per ravioli, makes them big)
Just stir everything together (chop the Krab up first as necessary) and then seal spoon-sized globs between wrappers... it takes some experimenting to get the right amount to fit, and putting them together took about forever, so I probably won't do it often, but yum.
Of, and with some leftovers and the recipe off an Old Bay tin, I made a serviceable crab cake for lunch. I discovered that equal parts of generic coctail sauce and miracle whip actually makes a passable crab cake topping...