To beautifully and originally decorate the festive table, it is recommended to make crab balls with cheese. It is worth noting that for the preparation of such an unusual snack, very few inexpensive products are required.
Raffaello from crab sticks: essential ingredients
We will need:
- chicken eggs - two small pieces;
- processed cheese - two packs;
- fresh greens - a sparse bunch;
- garlic - two medium cloves;
- high-calorie mayonnaise - three large spoons;
- walnuts - one hundred grams;
- crab sticks - one small package.
Raffaello from crab sticks: preparation of the main ingredients
To prepare a delicate and fragrant snack, you should take two small chicken eggs, boil them hard-boiled, place them in cold water for ten minutes, and then peel them and grate on a fine grater. After this, you should start processing the remaining products.
Fresh greens need to be washed well and finely chopped with a knife. Next, you need to grate two processed cheese on a grater, and then also process two cloves of garlic.
Raffaello from Crab Sticks: Appetizer Formation
Before forming such an unusual snack, you should wait until the crab sticks are completely thawed (if they were frozen). After this, the product must be grated on the smallest grater and put on a flat plate.
Next, you need to combine the processed chicken egg, cream cheese, garlic and herbs in one bowl. The ingredients should be mixed by adding to them three tablespoons of mayonnaise. Then, from the resulting mass, it is required to carefully roll the balls and completely roll them in the crab crumb.
It should be noted that if the egg mass turned out to be too liquid and it is problematic to form Raffaello from it, grated cheese should be added to the mixture.
After all the garlic balls are ready, they should be stuffed with slices of fried walnut. It is recommended to do this before falling in the crab crumbs, since after the introduction of the filling, the dish may slightly change.
Raffaello from crab sticks: appetizer features
It is worth noting that such an appetizer can be completely different. After all, as a filling, you can use not only walnuts, but also products such as slices of slightly salted salmon or trout, peanuts, cranberries, sprats, boiled shrimps, pickled mussels, etc.
How to decorate a salad of crab sticks
Cooked cheese balls can be served on the table not only as a separate snack, but also apply them as a decoration to any dish. To do this, it is recommended to cook a classic crab salad, mix it with mayonnaise and put in a bowl, smoothing the surface with a knife or spatula. After that, the finished "Raffaello" of cheese and eggs is required to lay a neat layer on top of the dish.
For more originality, it is advisable to build a whole pyramid from such an appetizer, under which crab salad will wait for guests.
Thus, a cooked dish with an unusual performance will not leave indifferent any invited guest.