Cheesy Baked Crab Crostini Appetizer
Created by StutlerBC on July 11, 2014
- Servings: 24
- Prep Time: 30m
- Cook Time: 5m
- Recipe #13059
Ingredients
- 24 sliced (8 ounces) French baguette (cut into about 1/4-inch slices, 24 slices is about half the baguette)
- Olive oil or melted butter
- 2 cans (12 ounces each) crabmeat (well drained and flaked, squeeze out all moisture, 6 ounce each can)
- 1 jar (2 ounces) diced pimientos (well drained)
- 2 ounces Swiss cheese (finely shredded, about 1/2 cup)
- 1/2 cup Parmesan cheese, grated
- 1/3 cup cream cheese spread (use chive and onion flavor from 8-ounce container)
- 1/4 teaspoon red pepper sauce
- Chopped fresh chives
How to Make
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Step 1: Heat oven to 400°.
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Step 2: Place bread slices on large ungreased cookie sheet. Brush tops lightly with oil or melted butter. Bake 3 to 5 minutes or until crisp and very light brown.
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Step 3: Meanwhile, mix remaining ingredients except chives in medium bowl.
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Step 4: Spread 1 semi-heaping tablespoonful of the crabmeat mixture on each bread slice.
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Step 5: Bake about 5 minutes or until filling is hot and cheese is melted.
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Step 6: Sprinkle with chives.
Nutritional Facts
- Serving Size: 1 (18.1 g)
- Calories 47.1
- Total Fat - 1.7 g
- Saturated Fat - 0.9 g
- Cholesterol - 4.8 mg
- Sodium - 121.1 mg
- Total Carbohydrate - 4.9 g
- Dietary Fiber - 0.3 g
- Sugars - 0.1 g
- Protein - 3 g
- Calcium - 65.4 mg
- Iron - 0.3 mg
- Vitamin C - 0 mg
- Thiamin - 0.1 mg