Crab Crostini with Baby Shrimp!

Ingredients Serves 6 slices
6 slices baguette-style bread, sliced thinly
1/2 pound Gruyere cheese, grated
1/2 cup sour cream
1 teaspoon Dijon mustard
1 tablespoon minced scallions
1 tablespoon fresh lemon juice
1 teaspoon Old Bay seasoning
8–10 dashes Tabasco sauce
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
1/2 pound lump crabmeat
1/4 pound baby shrimp


Directions
1. Grill the thinly sliced bread or place it under the broiler until toasted. Turn and toast the other side. Set aside.

2. Combine the half of the cheese, the sour cream, mustard, scallions, lemon juice, Old Bay seasoning, Tabasco sauce, salt, and pepper in a medium mixing bowl and mix thoroughly.

3. Check the crabmeat for any small pieces of shell and discard them.

4. Gently add the crab to the mixture. Don’t over mix; you want the lumps of crab to remain intact.

5. Cover the mixture with plastic wrap and refrigerate for several hours so that the flavors meld.

6. Remove the crab from the refrigerator and spoon it onto the toasts. Top each with a portion of the remaining cheese and a few baby shrimp.

6. Sprinkle a small amount of the cheese over the shrimp and place under the broiler for 2 to 3 minutes, until melted and bubbly.


Preparation time: 15 minutes plus several hours downtime.


Doesn't this look "scrumptious!" Eventhough, I did not 'scrumpbittidulize' this dish for dinner; I look forward to putting it together for a fun occasion!

Tonight, instead, enjoyed an excellent shrimp sandwich, avec mayo & tids of seasonings! Just "what the doctor ordered!" The shrimp was a tid day old, the bread was superbly multigrained, and the youthful butter lettuce came straight from our bit "veggie patch!" And, a glass of red vino, hit the spot as well!

Tidbit "Appie" - Wanted to share a recipe I "found" along with the image photo ; it looks absolutely delicious; particularly with a tidbitz of crab and a bittidz of shrimp; plus gruyere cheese, and other wonderful bits of ingredients! Mmmmmmm. Need I say more!

Bittid - Think I will serve this dish as open faced bagette sandwiches; just double, triple, quadruple etc. the recipe; and enhance with a wonderful fresh green salad! From our garden, you got it! And of course, a glass or two of red or white wine, or even a rose!

Cathy, this might be an enticing "appie" recipe for the Baby Shower!

Here is wishing you all a nice evening! Please feel free to share a recipe(s) if you would like; be it shrimp or whatever!

God Bless!