Recipe - Christmas Crab Quesadillas

One fourth pound Butter or margarine,
Divided
1 Whole shallot (or 2 or 3
Green onion), finely
Minced
1 teaspoon Chopped fresh chives
One half pound Lump crab meat, picked over
To remove shells
2 tablespoon Sour cream
1 teaspoon Chopped fresh dill
Salt, to taste
Hot pepper flakes, to taste
6 10inch flour tortillas at
Room temperature
Three fourths cup Grated Monteray Jack cheese

GARNISHES
One half cup (each) finely chopped red
And green bell peppers
Radicchio leaves, 3 per
Plate
Salsa
Quacamole
Sour cream

Preheat the oven to 375F.

Reserve 2 tablespoons of the butter. Place the remaining butter in a
sauce pan and melt over low heat. Add the shallots and chives. Saute until
translucent. Remove from the heat and add the crab, sour cream, dill, salt
and hot pepper flakes. Mix well.

Spread the crab mixture on one half of each tortilla. Top with a
sprinkling of the grated chese. Fold the tortillas in half and place them
on a baking sheet. Brush the tops of the tortillas with the reserved
butter.

Bake in the preheated oven for about 5 minutes or until the tops are
golden brown. Let rest for 5 minutes before cutting into quarters.

Place 3 small radicchio leaves on each plate. Fill one with sour cream,
one with quacamole, and one with salsa. Place three triangles of quesadilla
on each plate. Sprinkle with a confetti of chopped green and red bell
peppers.

Serves 8.

[The Baltimore Sun; Dec 11, 1991] Posted by Fred Peters.

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