Crab sticks are quite a popular product in Russia. Of these, you can prepare salads, stuff, use as a filling for pancakes, sushi, tartlets, or eat just like that. However, many are wondering if crab sticks need to be pre-boiled, and how long it will take. Let's try to answer it.
Some useful substances are preserved even after processing in production - these are macronutrients, nicotinic acid and vitamin PP. In addition, crab sticks are low-calorie foods. 100 grams contains only 100 kcal, so the product can be used by people who care about their weight.
Product Features
The ingredient is an imitation of crab meat. During production, the Japanese add minced mackerel, hake, blue whiting, pollock here, however, many manufacturers do not disdain offal, due to which the quality of the goods decreases. It may also contain dyes, flavors and other chemicals. Therefore, crab sticks cannot be called a useful product. But still, one package bought to prepare a delicious salad for the holiday will not bring harm.
How to cook?
Crab sticks are a ready-made dish, so you do not need to boil it. In stores, the product is offered in frozen and chilled form. It is better to buy chilled sticks, they have less water, which makes the cooking process easier. If the ingredient is frozen, then it should simply be placed on the bottom shelf of the refrigerator, where it will defrost on its own.
If a salad is prepared from crab sticks, then they do not need any heat treatment, since salads are served cold. The most successful combinations in cooking are fresh cucumbers, tomatoes, cheese, corn, eggs, pineapples. The same goes for tartlets. By mixing defrosted crab sticks with boiled eggs and cheese, you get an interesting filling for tartlets; for lovers, you can add chopped garlic to the mixture. The same composition is allowed to be used for lavash crab roll.
The structure of crab sticks is such that they can be unfolded and refolded. Due to this property, the product is often used for stuffing. For example, you can wrap a strip of hard cheese inside, dip a stuffed stick in flour and egg batter and fry in a pan for a couple of minutes.
If you plan to cook such a dish, then you also do not need to boil the sticks first, but it is recommended to hold them in boiling water for 5 minutes.
If crab sticks are used as part of fried dishes, for example, cutlets, meatballs or potato pancakes, then when frying, you should focus on the readiness of other ingredients that make up the dish. Crab sticks are already prepared in advance, so you can remove them from the pan as soon as an appetizing crust appears, that is, after a couple of minutes.
Even if crab sticks are introduced into the child's diet, they still do not need to be boiled. Another thing is whether they are needed at all in the children's menu. But if you really want to treat your baby with yummy, then you should monitor the expiration date and offer the product in a very small amount.
crab fritters
In this recipe, crab sticks are heat-treated, but they do not need to be boiled in advance. Such pancakes can become a breakfast, or can be served as a main dish with a side dish. Cook them quickly, simply, economically. We will need the following products:
- crab sticks - 240 g;
- eggs - 4 pcs.;
- hard cheese - 150 g;
- potato starch - 2 tbsp. l.;
- garlic - 2 cloves;
- salt and pepper to taste;
- frying oil.
The preparation looks like this.
- Chilled crab sticks and three large cheese on a grater.
- We introduce into the resulting mixture the eggs, minced garlic, pepper and starch with a press. We mix all the ingredients.
- We heat the pan with oil, sculpt the pancakes and fry for a couple of minutes on each side until the surface is browned. Delicious unusual pancakes are ready!
See the next video for how to cook crab stick pancakes.
Crab sticks are one of the most affordable products from which you can cook a variety of snacks, many of which can decorate a festive table. Most often, surimi is used to make salads, but sometimes you want to show your imagination and surprise guests or loved ones with an unusual dish. For housewives who have appreciated the benefits and cost-effectiveness of surimi, sooner or later the question arises of what to cook from crab sticks, except for salad. There are as many answers to this question as there are types of cooking unusual hot and cold surimi appetizers that do not fall into the category of salads. From crab sticks you can make balls resembling Rafaelo sweets, battered sticks, cutlets, rolls and other delicious things. The main thing is to know their recipe and cooking features.
Cooking features
You can make many dishes from crab sticks, showing your own imagination and ingenuity. However, it is important to take into account several points.
- The composition of crab sticks may be different. Preference should be given to products from trusted manufacturers who make surimi using traditional technology using a significant amount of minced fish.
- Frozen crab sticks are often cheaper than chilled ones. They can be used for most appetizers just as well as chilled, with the exception of crab stick rolls, as the structure of frozen surimi is somewhat different - they are less elastic. However, when using frozen crab sticks, you need to defrost them in advance, since it is impossible to speed up the thawing process by heating in the microwave. The structure of crab sticks when they are heated in the microwave is disturbed, and they become like rubber, unsuitable for cooking any dishes.
- Crab sticks should not be subjected to prolonged heat treatment. They are not suitable for dishes that include foods that require a long cooking time. If you want to combine such products, they should be boiled or baked in advance.
For the rest, follow the instructions in a particular recipe, and the result will definitely meet your expectations.
"Raffaello" from crab sticks
- crab sticks - 100 g;
- processed cheese - 2 pcs.;
- garlic - 3 cloves;
- walnuts - 100 g;
- roasted hazelnuts (optional) - 10-15 pieces;
- greens (optional) - to taste.
Cooking method:
- Put the processed cheeses in the freezer for 15 minutes, unwrap them and grate.
- Grind the walnut kernels in a blender to a paste.
- Combine melted cheese, garlic and nut butter. Form balls from the resulting mass. In the center of each ball, you can hide a roasted hazelnut.
- Grate the crab sticks, roll the balls in them and place on a dish.
- Decorate the appetizer with greens.
It is not necessary to add hazelnuts inside. If desired, it can be replaced with almonds or peanuts, or you can put nothing in the center at all - the appetizer is already very tasty and satisfying.
Recipe for the occasion::
Fried crab sticks
- crab sticks - 0.4 kg;
- breadcrumbs - 150 g;
- chicken egg - 1 pc.;
- milk - 40 ml;
- hard cheese - 50 g;
- vegetable oil - how much will go;
- parsley greens - 20 g.
Cooking method:
- Finely grate the cheese.
- In a small bowl, beat the egg with milk, mix this mixture with cheese.
- Put the pan on the fire, pour oil on it.
- When the oil begins to boil, dip each crab stick in the batter, coat in breadcrumbs and fry over medium heat for a minute on each side.
When serving, crab sticks do not hurt to sprinkle with finely chopped parsley with a knife. Crab sticks prepared according to this recipe will be a good snack for both beer and white wine.
Cutlets from crab sticks
- frozen crab sticks - 0.6 kg;
- chicken egg - 2 pcs.;
- semi-hard cheese - 0.3 kg;
- garlic - 1 head;
- breadcrumbs - how much will go;
- vegetable oil - how much will it take.
Cooking method:
- Crab sticks, without defrosting, grind on a grater with small holes.
- Peel the garlic, divide into slices. Pass them through a special press.
- Grate the cheese on a fine grater.
- Mix crab chips with garlic and grated cheese.
- Add beaten eggs to this mixture. Stir until a homogeneous consistency is obtained.
- Wetting your hands in cold water, form medium-sized patties. Roll them in breadcrumbs.
- Heat the oil in a frying pan and fry the meatballs in it. Fry without a lid over medium heat for 3 minutes on each side.
These cutlets can be served as an independent dish or with a side dish. Rice is the best side dish. You can also use mashed potatoes, boiled broccoli or cauliflower.
Lavash roll with crab sticks
- crab sticks - 0.2 kg;
- sausage cheese - 0.2 kg;
- butter - 150 g;
- garlic - 2 cloves;
- Armenian lavash - 1 pc.
Cooking method:
- Grind frozen crab sticks on a fine grater.
- Medium-sized grate sausage cheese, mix with crab chips.
- Squeeze the garlic into the resulting mass.
- Mix everything with softened butter.
- Spread pita bread with the resulting filling, roll it into a roll.
- Refrigerate the roll for 2 hours to allow the butter to harden properly.
- Cut the roll with a sharp knife into pieces about 1 cm thick, arrange beautifully on a platter.
Such an unpretentious roll can be served both for a homemade breakfast and for a festive buffet table.
Rolls of crab sticks
- chilled crab sticks - 0.2 kg;
- chicken egg - 2 pcs.;
- cheese - 100 g;
- fresh dill - 50 g;
- garlic - 2 cloves;
- mayonnaise - 50 ml.
Cooking method:
- Hard boil the eggs, peel and chop them on a grater.
- Finely chop the dill with a knife.
- Finely grate the cheese.
- Pass the garlic through a press.
- Put all the chopped ingredients in a bowl, mix with mayonnaise.
- Carefully unfold the crab sticks and grease them with the resulting paste, roll back.
- Using a sharp knife, cut each crab stick crosswise into 3 pieces.
It remains only to arrange the rolls of crab sticks on a dish. If desired, in the center of each crab stick, before rolling it back into a roll, you can put a thin long piece of fresh cucumber. In this case, crab stick rolls will look even more appetizing.
Cucumber rolls with crab sticks
- fresh cucumbers - 0.4 kg;
- crab sticks - 0.2 kg;
- cream cheese - 0.2 kg;
- hard cheese - 0.2 kg.
Cooking method:
- Grind hard cheese on a fine grater, mix it with cream cheese.
- Cut crab sticks into small cubes.
- Using a vegetable peeler, cut the cucumbers into thin long plates.
- Roll up small balls from the cheese mass, wrap them in cucumber plates, forming rolls out of them.
- Arrange the cucumber rolls upright in a nice vertical rimmed dish so they fit snugly together.
- Put a few cubes of crab sticks in each roll.
Cucumber rolls with cheese and crab sticks look very. They taste tender and fresh in summer.
Crab sticks in dough
- puff pastry - 0.2 kg;
- crab sticks - 0.4 kg;
- chicken egg - 1 pc.
Cooking method:
- Roll out the dough very thinly, cut it into strips 1 cm wide.
- Wrap the strips around the crab sticks.
- Place on a baking sheet lined with parchment.
- Beat the egg with a whisk and brush the dough with it.
- Preheat oven to 200 degrees. Put a baking sheet in it. Bake for 10-15 minutes.
Crab sticks in dough will surely appeal to children, but, of course, not only to them.
Based on the above recipes, you can make many other appetizers from crab sticks that will look no less bright than salads. In addition, these snacks are less traditional, which will allow you to set the festive table in an unusual way and thereby surprise your guests.
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Crab sticks are a tasty and inexpensive substitute for a gourmet delicacy. At the same time, surimi, if the manufacturer did not violate the traditional technology and recipe, is also useful. In addition, their low calorie content allows you not to worry about your figure, even for those who are on a diet. Thanks to all the listed advantages of crab sticks, they often appear on the table of Russians as an ingredient in festive and everyday salads. However, if you still don’t know what can be cooked from crab sticks besides salad, you have lost a lot. After all, this product can serve as the basis for other gourmet snacks and even second courses. The recipes we have collected convincingly prove this.
Cold appetizer of crab sticks "Balls"
What do you need:
- crab sticks - 0.2 kg;
- potatoes - 0.3 kg;
- chicken egg - 5 pcs.;
- cheese "Russian" or similar - 0.2 kg;
- mayonnaise - 100 ml.
How to cook:
- Frozen surimi, without defrosting, grind on a grater.
- Boil potatoes, peel, grate.
- Boil the eggs. Peel, also finely grate.
- Grind the cheese on a grater with small holes.
- Mix potatoes, eggs and crab sticks, adding as much mayonnaise as needed to get a base consistency suitable for forming tight balls, no more.
- Form balls and roll them in grated cheese.
If desired, a few cloves of garlic passed through a press can be added to the base for the balls. Unlike a salad, such an appetizer of crab sticks can be served at the buffet table. Such an appetizer will cost quite inexpensively, although it will turn out tasty and appetizing.
Crab sticks in batter
What do you need:
- crab sticks - 0.4 kg;
- egg - 2 pcs.;
- mayonnaise - 60 ml;
- milk - 60 ml;
- wheat flour - 70-100 g;
- ground pepper - to taste;
- vegetable oil - how much will it take.
How to cook:
- Beat the eggs with a whisk, add mayonnaise and milk to them, stir.
- Sift the flour. Gradually introduce it into the dough, stirring thoroughly until you get a dough that resembles sour cream in consistency. If desired, add pepper, you can hot.
- Heat vegetable oil in a frying pan. There should be a lot of it, since deep-fried crab sticks are better to fry in batter.
- Take the sticks out of the film. If they are frozen, then you need to defrost them in advance. It is absolutely impossible to use a microwave to speed up the thawing process in the case of crab sticks.
- Dip each stick in the batter, place in the simmering oil and fry for 2-3 minutes over medium heat, leaving the pan uncovered.
Crab sticks in batter is an independent dish. They can be served as a beer snack or just for breakfast or dinner. This dish is quite light.
Cutlets from crab sticks
What do you need:
- crab sticks - 0.4 kg;
- carrots - 0.2 kg;
- onion - 100 g;
- chicken egg - 1 pc.;
- sour cream - 60 ml;
- salt, pepper - to your taste;
- breadcrumbs - as needed;
- vegetable oil - as needed.
How to cook:
- Grind crab sticks with a blender or meat grinder.
- Clean vegetables. Finely chop the onion, grate the carrot.
- From vegetables, surimi, sour cream and eggs, make minced meat, adding salt and pepper to it to taste. Please note that the crab sticks themselves are quite salty, so you need to add minced meat a little.
- Form small patties, roll in breadcrumbs and fry on both sides.
If desired, crab stick cutlets can be steamed. In this case, you do not have to use oils and breadcrumbs, so the dish will turn out to be dietary. Cutlets can be served as an independent dish or with a side dish of rice or mashed potatoes. They are much more nutritious than lettuce.
Draniki with crab sticks
What do you need:
- potatoes - 1 kg;
- crab sticks or crab meat - 0.2 kg;
- chicken egg - 1 pc. (can be replaced with a spoonful of starch);
- flour - 30 g;
- salt, pepper - to taste;
- vegetable oil - how much will go.
How to cook:
- Peel raw potatoes, grate and squeeze the juice. Let it stand, drain off excess liquid, and return the starch that has settled at the bottom to the potato mass.
- Grind with a blender or finely chop the surimi. Mix with potatoes.
- Add flour, egg (or starch), salt and pepper. Mix thoroughly.
- Fry in boiling oil, spreading on a hot frying pan with a tablespoon.
Draniki with crab sticks will diversify the diet, including during fasting.
Lavash roll with crab sticks
What do you need:
- crab sticks - 100 g:
- thin Armenian lavash - 1 pc.;
- cream cheese or soft cottage cheese - 100 g;
- hard cheese - 100 g;
- garlic - 2 cloves;
- greens - to taste.
How to cook:
- Finely chop the surimi.
- Grind hard cheese on a grater.
- Crush the garlic with a special press.
- Mix all three ingredients with cream cheese or soft cottage cheese. Add some mayonnaise if necessary.
- Lubricate the pita bread with the resulting mass, sprinkle with chopped herbs and roll into a roll.
It remains to cool the roll and cut into pieces 1.5-2 cm thick. This appetizer will not be ashamed to be served at the festive table. Guests will like it no less than a slightly annoyed salad.
The recipes for dishes from crab sticks given in the material can be considered basic. You can diversify them yourself by changing certain ingredients. There will be no less options than options for surimi salads.
Elena Pronina
Crab stick appetizer is a simple and tasty dish. With their help, it is easy to diversify the familiar menu. Having prepared the soup for several days, you can make each meal original by using different snacks. So you do not have to cook something new every day, and the household will not be able to complain about the monotony of food.
Crab sticks are a product that appeared in our country relatively recently, but quickly conquered the market. This is due not only to the fact that they are a ready-made and tasty solution. Crab sticks have a flavor that is easy to combine with other ingredients. Therefore, with them immediately appeared a lot of salads and snacks.
The main thing is to choose high-quality crab sticks. They should be smooth, neat and beautiful. The light part is necessarily white, not gray or yellowish. Quality crab sticks are neatly dyed pink on one side, no blemishes or threads.
The fastest way to check the quality of a crab stick is to unwrap it. If it unfolds easily, then the product is good. No - too much starch, not enough minced fish and the product is of poor quality.
How to cook a snack of crab sticks - 15 varieties
A very quick but tasty appetizer. And thanks to the spectacular design, it can be safely served on the festive table.
Ingredients:
- crab sticks - 200 grams;
- hard cheese - 80 grams;
- eggs - 3 pcs.;
- garlic - 2-3 cloves;
- dill;
- mayonnaise.
Cooking:
Hard boil the eggs and remove the shells. Separate the yolks from the whites, rub the whites into one plate, and the yolks into another.
Grate cheese, garlic into a plate with proteins, add dill and mayonnaise, and mix thoroughly.
We take out the crab sticks from the package.
Crab sticks unfold more easily if you put them in hot water for half a minute.
We unfold the crab stick, grease with the filling and roll it into a roll. Lightly grease the edges of the sticks with mayonnaise and dip into the yolk.
A variant of the elegant serving of the well-known salad of processed cheese and eggs with garlic.
Ingredients:
- crab sticks - 200 grams;
- processed cheese - 100 grams;
- egg - 1 pc.;
- dill - a small bunch;
- garlic - 2 cloves;
- mayonnaise - 20 grams.
Cooking:
Boil and peel the eggs. Grate melted cheese, eggs and garlic. For garlic, you can use a garlic press. Rinse dill and finely chop. Mix everything with mayonnaise.
Unroll each crab stick, brush with stuffing and roll up again.
An original way to prepare a light snack is to use canned fish along with crab sticks. This method - the use of similar products in different forms gives a subtle taste.
Ingredients:
- canned fish (salmon, or pink salmon) - 1 can;
- egg - 3 pcs.;
- onion - 1 pc.;
- salt, pepper - to taste;
- mayonnaise.
Cooking:
Finely chop the onion and dip in cold water for 10 minutes to remove the bitterness. Boil eggs.
Open canned food and mash with a fork until smooth.
We rub the eggs on a grater, mix all the ingredients. Add mayonnaise.
We unfold the crab sticks, coat each layer and carefully fold. Cut the rolls into small pieces.
Red fish is a very tasty and healthy product that is often used in the preparation of snacks. A crab stick roll will become a beautiful frame for the fish. It turns out stylish rolls from seafood.
Ingredients:
- crab sticks - 8 pcs.;
- cucumber (small) - 1 pc.;
- processed cheese that is smeared - 1 pack;
- hard cheese - 50 grams;
- smoked trout, or salmon - 150 grams.
Cooking:
Peel the cucumber and cut into small sticks. Grind hard cheese on a grater. Cut the fish into thin slices.
Unfold the crab stick. Lubricate the surface with melted cheese. Top with red fish, cucumber slices and sprinkle with grated cheese. Roll up into a roll. Cut into small pieces and put on a plate.
Dishes wrapped in pita bread are good because they are convenient to take with your hands. It turns out an appetizer for any event. You can cook as a dish for every day, or you can on the festive table.
Ingredients:
- crab sticks - 1 pack;
- processed cheese - 2 pcs.;
- Armenian lavash - 2 sheets;
- egg - 5 pcs.;
- garlic - 2-3 cloves;
- mayonnaise - 200 grams.
Cooking:
Boil the eggs, leave to cool and peel.
Grate the processed cheese on a grater, add chopped garlic and half of the mayonnaise. Mix well.
Finely chop the crab sticks. Grate the eggs. Mix eggs with chopsticks and mayonnaise.
Spread the first pita bread stuffing with crab sticks. It is good to coat the edges with mayonnaise so that they are not dry. Roll up the roll and set aside.
Take the second pita bread and grease with a mixture of cheese. Place the first roll on top and roll tightly into one roll.
Wrap in cling film and refrigerate for at least one hour.
Greens in a snack makes pita bread not only tastier and healthier, but also creates a more attractive appearance of the dish.
Ingredients:
- pita bread - 3 pcs.;
- crab sticks - 1 pack;
- egg - 3 pcs.;
- cheese - 250 grams;
- mayonnaise - 250 grams;
- garlic - 3 cloves;
- greens - a bunch.
Cooking:
It is better to take several plates in order to chop all the ingredients in advance, and then just lay them out. Boil eggs, peel and grate. Cheese grate on a coarse grater. Finely chop the crab sticks, or also grate.
Finely chop the greens, pass the garlic through a press and mix with mayonnaise. It makes a delicious sauce.
Lavash is divided into parts.
We take the first sheet of pita bread, grease with sauce and lay out the first layer - crab sticks. We put the second sheet on top, grease with sauce and lay eggs on top.
Lubricate the third layer with the remains of mayonnaise and sprinkle with cheese. We roll everything into a tight roll. We clean in the refrigerator for several hours for impregnation.
At various feasts, crab sticks with cheese and an egg in pita bread are often served. To make this dish tastier and more interesting, the use of an unusual sauce will help. You will not lose much time, but the dish will have a bright aftertaste.
Ingredients:
- pita bread - 3 pcs.;
- crab sticks - 2 packs;
- cheese - 250 grams;
- For sauce:
- pickled cucumber - 5 pcs.;
- dill - a small bunch;
- mayonnaise - 400 grams;
- garlic - 4 cloves.
Cooking:
Freeze the crab sticks beforehand to make it easier to grate. Grind them on a grater. Grate cheese.
For the sauce, you need to grate pickled cucumbers. Finely chop the dill. Add chopped garlic to the mixture and add mayonnaise.
Lubricate pita bread with sauce and spread crab sticks and cheese on top. Carefully roll up the roll. Wrap it in cling film and put it in the freezer.
For lovers of spicy snacks, a roll with crab sticks and Korean carrots is suitable. Layers of different colors look prettier than ordinary uniform rolls. Mayonnaise in the recipe can be replaced with sour cream.
Ingredients:
- pita bread - 1 pc.;
- carrots in Korean -100 grams;
- hard cheese - 100 grams;
- crab sticks - 100 grams;
- cucumber -2 pcs.;
- eggs - 3 pcs.;
- bacon - 100 grams;
- mayonnaise - 100 grams.
Cooking:
Finely chop or grate all the filling ingredients (cheese, bacon, cucumbers and eggs). Crab sticks are divided into a pink part and a white one. We lay out all the blanks on different plates.
We unfold the pita bread, coat with mayonnaise, and lay out row after row of filling, alternating colors. Carefully, trying not to mix the stripes, roll up the pita bread. We clean in a cold place for half an hour.
The original way of serving allows you to transform familiar dishes in a new way. An ordinary salad of crab sticks, eggs and cheese can be beautifully served on the table by rolling cute balls out of the mass. You can put them separately on a dish, or, for the convenience of guests, put each ball immediately on a toast. So the mass will not dry out, and the sandwiches will remain fresh and attractive longer.
Ingredients:
- crab sticks - 200 grams;
- processed cheese - 2 packs;
- eggs - 3 pcs.;
- garlic - 2-3 cloves;
- mayonnaise.
Cooking:
We rub all the ingredients on a fine grater. We divide the grated crab sticks into two parts - one will go into the total mass, and the second for decoration.
We mix all the ingredients, add spices to taste and mix with mayonnaise.
Using two spoons, roll a small ball out of the mass. Dip it in crab sticks and put it on a plate. We continue until the mass runs out.
Many housewives are used to adding crab sticks to salads, but you can get an equally tasty snack by lightly frying crab sticks in batter.
Ingredients:
- crab sticks - 300 grams;
- vegetable oil - 1 tsp;
- lemon - 1 pc.;
- egg - 3 pcs.;
- flour - 2/3 cup;
- milk - 1/2 cup;
- greens - 5 branches.
Cooking:
First, marinate the crab sticks. We clean them from the packaging, put them in a bowl, sprinkle with lemon juice and pour vegetable oil on top. Add spices to taste, mix everything thoroughly and put it in the refrigerator for 20 minutes.
During this time, prepare the batter. Beat eggs with salt until foamy. We dilute the flour with warm milk, and pour it into the eggs. Dip each crab stick in batter and send to fry in vegetable oil. Fry until the stick is golden brown on each side.
In order for the batter to be evenly distributed over the stick, you can first dip it on one side, fry it, and then do it again on the other side. The process will take longer, but the sticks will be evenly coated in batter.
They say that almost any dish can be improved by adding melted cheese to it. Perhaps this is an exaggeration, but crab sticks in batter with cheese are very tender and almost melt in your mouth.
Ingredients:
- crab sticks - 200 gr.;
- cheese - 50 grams;
- eggs - 2 pcs.;
- sour cream - 2 tablespoons;
- garlic - 2 cloves;
- flour - 80 grams.
Cooking:
Mince the garlic and grate the cheese. Beat eggs with spices, add sour cream and cheese with garlic to them. We mix everything well.
Sift the flour and add to the batter for viscosity. Dip crab sticks in batter and fry for 2-3 minutes on each side.
It is easy to take a snack in dough with you to your child to school, to your husband at work, or to take it with you on a trip. You don’t have to worry that it will crumple, crumble, or fall apart along the way. Although this appetizer is best eaten hot, while the cheese is a little melted.
