Bacon
Squid Cups Stuffed with Crabmeat and Bacon
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9 Reviews
wssmom
May 5, 2011
Calamari? Bacon? Fennel? Crabmeat? These sound incredible!!! WIll not wait until Christmas to make them!
Burnt O.
May 5, 2011
Seriously. What DOESN'T go with bacon, crabmeat and fennel - right? It's a nice party appetizer that can be made ahead and then just broil them off with the cheese.
boulangere
May 5, 2011
I love the story of your Feast of the Seven Fishes. As my children are now young adults, it's interesting and fun to set aside for a season now and then some of the cast-in-stone food traditions and explore new ones. This especially looks wonderful. Bacon, crab, and sweet baby calamari, oh my!
Burnt O.
May 5, 2011
Our biggest family event is Xmas Eve. The only time of the year when all of the kids, in laws, grandkids, etc., get together for a big meal. We always do seafood, and for 20+ years, it's been my pleasure to cook the meal (Mom does Xmas morning with her homemade gravlax). This was a nice variation and allowed everyone to take part.
boulangere
May 5, 2011
My daughter is my food child. She is usually with me for Christmas, and I plan to add this to our Christmas Eve dinner. Thank you so much!
hardlikearmour
May 5, 2011
What a great "new tradition" for your family! Bacon plus crab - holy yum!
Burnt O.
May 5, 2011
Coming up with seven seafood dishes that could be pulled off in one meal was harder than it sounds. I researched this tradition for weeks, and a lot of the very traditional seafood dishes, including the squid, are all fried, which we didn't want to do. So, we came up with a very non-Italian combination of Ceviche (Peruvian), Brandade (French), Baccalao (Portugese), grilled Eel steaks with a mint and Balsamic reduction (Belgian?), these squid cups (Italian?), mushrooms stuffed with crabmeat (American), Bagna Cauda (Italian), and lobster raviolis with a champagne / saffron cream sauce (French). It was a great meal.
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