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Crab Cake Crostini with Corn and Bacon Salsa

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Updated Nov 5, 2018
Bake-Off® Contest 45, 2012
Kelly McWherter
Houston, Texas
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Serve up a clever crostini that bakes a crab filling rolled up inside the bread. A sassy salsa tops it all.

Crab Cake Crostini with Corn and Bacon Salsa

  • Prep Time 40 min
  • Total 1 hr 10 min
  • Ingredients 13
  • Servings 24
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Ingredients

  • 12 oz fresh cooked lump crabmeat (1 1/3 cups) or 2 cans (6.5 oz each) special white lump crabmeat, drained
  • 1/3 cup Progresso™ Italian style panko bread crumbs
  • 1/2 cup mayonnaise or salad dressing
  • 1 egg
  • 2 teaspoons lemon juice
  • 1/4 teaspoon garlic salt
  • 1 can (11 oz) refrigerated Pillsbury™ Original French Bread
  • 2 tablespoons butter, melted
  • 1 cup fresh or frozen corn, cooked, drained
  • 1 medium tomato, seeded, diced
  • 2 green onions, chopped (2 tablespoons)
  • 8 slices bacon, crisply cooked, crumbled
  • 2 tablespoons chopped fresh cilantro

Instructions

  • Step 
    1
    Heat oven to 350°F. Spray large cookie sheets with Crisco® Original No-Stick Cooking Spray.
  • Step 
    2
    In medium bowl, combine crabmeat, bread crumbs, 1/3 cup of the mayonnaise, egg, lemon juice and 1/8 teaspoon of the garlic salt; mix well. Carefully unroll loaf of dough; spread crab mixture to within 1/2 inch of long edges. Starting with 1 long side, roll up tightly; pinch seam to seal. Place, seam side down, on cookie sheet.
  • Step 
    3
    Bake 25 to 30 minutes or until golden brown. Cool 10 minutes; transfer from cookie sheet to cutting board. Using serrated knife, cut loaf into 24 slices about 1/2 inch thick.
  • Step 
    4
    Set oven control to broil. Brush slices with 1 tablespoon of the butter. Place on ungreased cookie sheet. Broil 4 to 6 inches from heat 1 to 2 minutes. Turn; brush with remaining 1 tablespoon butter; broil 1 to 2 minutes or until crisp and golden brown. Cool 5 minutes.
  • Step 
    5
    Meanwhile, in small bowl, combine remaining mayonnaise, corn, tomato, green onions, bacon, cilantro and remaining 1/8 teaspoon garlic salt. Spoon about 1 tablespoon mayonnaise mixture onto each slice.

Nutrition

120 Calories
7g Total Fat
5g Protein
9g Total Carbohydrate
1g Sugars

Nutrition Facts

Serving Size: 1 Serving
Calories
120
Calories from Fat
60
Total Fat
7g
10%
Saturated Fat
1 1/2g
9%
Trans Fat
0g
Cholesterol
30mg
10%
Sodium
250mg
10%
Potassium
100mg
3%
Total Carbohydrate
9g
3%
Dietary Fiber
0g
0%
Sugars
1g
Protein
5g
% Daily Value*:
Vitamin A
2%
2%
Vitamin C
0%
0%
Calcium
0%
0%
Iron
4%
4%
Exchanges:
1/2 Starch; 0 Fruit; 0 Other Carbohydrate; 0 Skim Milk; 0 Low-Fat Milk; 0 Milk; 0 Vegetable; 0 Very Lean Meat; 1/2 Lean Meat; 0 High-Fat Meat; 1 Fat;
Carbohydrate Choice
1/2
*Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.
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