Crab Strudel

Show: Barefoot ContessaEpisode: Dinner Date

Rated: 5 stars out of 5Rate itRead users' reviews (27)

RECIPE
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Cook Time:
15 min
Level:
Intermediate
Yield:
6 to 8 servings

Times:

Prep: 20 min
Inactive Prep: --
Cook: 15 min
Total:: 35 min

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Ingredients

12 tablespoons (1 1/2 sticks) unsalted butter, divided
3 scallions, chopped
2 garlic cloves, minced
1 teaspoon curry powder
1 pound lump crabmeat, drained and picked to remove shells
2 teaspoons fresh flat-leaf parsley, chopped
1 lime, juiced
Kosher salt
1/2 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
10 sheets phyllo dough (such as Pepperidge Farm)
1/4 cup plain dry breadcrumbs

Directions

Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F.

Heat 2 tablespoons butter in a medium saute pan, add the scallions and garlic and cook over medium-low heat until the scallions are soft, approximately 5 minutes. Add the curry powder and stir.

Shred the crabmeat into a bowl and mix with the parsley, lime juice, salt, to taste, and pepper. Add the crabmeat to the scallion mixture.

Melt 10 tablespoons of butter in a small pan and set aside.

Unfold 1 sheet of the phyllo dough. Brush the sheet with melted butter and sprinkle with bread crumbs. Repeat the process by laying a second sheet of phyllo dough over the first sheet, brush it with melted butter and sprinkle with bread crumbs until 5 sheets have been used. Spoon a 1-inch wide row of the crab mixture along 1 edge of the phyllo dough. Roll it up. Brush the top with butter and set aside. Repeat the entire process using the all the phyllo dough and crab filling.

Cover a sheet pan with parchment paper. Score the crab strudel diagonally into 1 1/2-inch pieces and bake for 12 minutes, or until the top is lightly brown. Slice and serve.

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recipe Crab Strudel
Elsa Brooklyn, NY 01-06-2010
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Deli-ci-ous
Rated: 5 stars out of 5

My family loves this recipe. It was so simple to make even working with phyllo dough. I've been asked repeadly to make it... again. Ina, thank you for one of your best recipe. Read more
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Margaret Danbury, CT 12-28-2009
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Crab Strudel
Rated: 5 stars out of 5

I really loved this recipe. I made it for Christmas Day as an appetizer. I had never used phylo nor did not use the... curry. the phylo was really cool and I cant wait to use the leftovers (thinking of some chocolate baklava) I did not use the curry only because i did not have it. I used a teaspoon of my secret ingredient :O) it was Tu'Ong Ot toi Viet-nam Chili Garlic Sauce. we like a bit of a kick in my house so i knew it would be OK. my crab was beautiful and plentiful so i had enough for three strudels but chose to eat the mixture on a sandwich the next day! Love your show Ina! five stars from me. Margaret Danbury, CTRead more
recipe Crab Strudel
T Salem Township, MI 12-21-2009
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Delightfully Delicious!
Rated: 5 stars out of 5

I made these yesterday for a Christmas party appetizer and they were WONDERFUL! They were very easy to make too. I didn't... have any issues. I will say that I think the crowd was split on the curry flavor, some really liked it and others weren't so crazy about it. I loved it but I love curry! Next time I make this I am going to consider the crowd and maybe use the Old Bay like some did here for the curry if I think they would prefer that. I will definitely make these again though!Read more
recipe Crab Strudel
Shelby S Richmond, VA 12-10-2009
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DEE...lightful!!
Rated: 5 stars out of 5

As in all redipes, you see on TV, 5 dishes are cooked in 30 minutes of time. For all of us it takes a little longer. This... one was one of those that I had to try twice to get right. Second time, I had to beat an egg to oblivion as a small binder for the crab mixture and I did not like the curry so I used Sauer's Chesapeake Bay Seafood seasing. On the second try, I used a moist towel to help me roll the dough. (I only used four sheets of Phyllo dough),I cooked this for the allotted time in the PREHEATED oven on PARCHMENT paper and it was "Out OF This World". Lump crab is to expensive to waste. If you have learned any better way to hold it altogether let me know...Thanks Ina Read more
recipe Crab Strudel
Patti Cincinnati, OH 12-02-2009
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There are Better Uses for Lump Crab
Rated: 3 stars out of 5

I have made this recipe 3 times, thinking that I was doing something wrong. I am a devoted Ina fan, but I can think of at... least several better uses for expensive lump crab. The problem is in the serving and eating. The pieces tend to fall apart, and the crab falls out when guests pick up individual pieces. It seems like maybe some kind of binder is missing--not suggesting a bunch of bread crumps like in bad crab cakes--but I really don't know the solutionRead more
recipe Crab Strudel
c coos bay, OR 11-30-2009
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a couple of changes
Rated: 5 stars out of 5

My husband and I made this, but changed a couple of things; instead of curry we used 1 tsp old bay seasoning, used panko... bread crumbs, and shredded some fresh parmasean cheese into the mixture before rolling it up. We also shredded some cheese on top of the strudel log along with the melted butter, and it browned nicely. We got so many compliments on this recipie, we will be making it again soon....Read more