Appetizer
Description
The recipe won't take much time. An original and delicious appetizer will adorn the festive table and become a symbol of the New Year's spread—the Year of the Pig. From the sticky crab-and-cheese mixture, you can easily roll small balls and shape them into little pig heads, attaching small details made from sausage. For convenience and practicality, you'll also need small tartlet shells. You can make them yourself or use ready-made ones from the store. In that case, preparing this festive appetizer won't take much time and will delight you not only with its flavor but also with how easy it is to make. I hope you like the idea and it inspires you to give it a try. Good luck. Serve with herbs and sauce.
Instructions
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Step 1
Prepare all the ingredients. Hard-boil the egg in advance and let it cool. The crab sticks should be frozen.
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Step 2
Grate the frozen crab sticks on a fine grater. Set aside 1/3 for garnish.
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Step 3
Add finely grated hard-boiled egg.
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Step 4
And finely grated hard cheese.
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Step 5
Add salt to taste, mayonnaise, and garlic passed through a press. Mix well.
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Step 6
Roll the resulting mixture into balls. Depending on the size of the tartlet shells, you may end up with slightly more or fewer pieces than in this recipe. I got 6 balls.
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Step 7
Coat each ball on all sides with crab flakes.
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Step 8
Place the balls in the tartlet shells.
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Step 9
All that remains is to decorate the appetizer to look like little pigs. For this you will additionally need 1 tomato, a small piece of sausage, mayonnaise, and herbs if desired.
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Step 10
From the tomato, cut out round hat shapes. From the sausage, cut out round noses and triangles for the ears. For the eyes, you can use peppercorns or finely chopped olives. Using a toothpick, attach the eyes, press in the ears, and affix the nose, lightly coating it with mayonnaise. Then use drops of mayonnaise to draw the nostrils, and create the fur trim and pom-pom on the tomato hat.
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Step 11
The appetizer "Cute Piggies" is ready. If desired, garnish it with fresh herbs as you like and serve.