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Crab Tortellini With Lobster Sauce

Crab Tortellini With Lobster Sauce is a pasta recipe made with Crab Meat, Parmesan Cheese, and Mozzarella. Serves 12. Keep it handy for the next time you cook it.

Ingredients

• 3 lb
• 6 oz
• 6 oz

Method (preview)

1. 1

   Chopped parsley as desired for color

2. 2

   Mix all ingredients together and set aside.

3. 3

   Place all ingredients in a large mixer bowl and mix with dough hook until dough is smooth and does not stick to hook or sides of bowl. wrap immediately in plastic wrap to hold in moisture.

4. 4

   Best if used at once.

5. 5

   It will not hold well overnight.

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   Combine cream, milk, lobster base and sherry and heat liquid to a simmer, stirring constantly.

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   Once it simmers, reduce heat, add roux, stirring constantly until sauce thickens.

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   Melt 1/2 pound butter in a saucepan.

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   With a wire whisk, stir in 1 to 1 1/2 cups flour and set aside until you are ready to make the lobster sauce.

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    Cut a small piece of dough and roll out in a snake shape.

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    Sprinkle a little flour on table and flatten dough with rolling pin.

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    Rub a little flour on top surface and put through a pasta machine 6 times (if you do not have a pasta machine, roll out dough as thinly as possible with rolling pin).

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    Lightly flour a dough cutter and cut out 3" circles.

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    Brush egg wash on top half of each circle; place about 1 teaspoon of crab meat filling in center of each circle of dough.

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    Fold top half of circle over filling and seal edges well with finger, making a half moon shape.

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    Place finger next to straight edge of pasta; wrap ends around finger and pinch together to make hat (or "bellybutton"; that's what "tortellini" means, "little bellybuttons").

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    Brush tops with egg wash.

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    To freeze, place on floured trays until frozen and then place in recloseable freezer bags.

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    Bring water to a boil in a large stock pot.

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    Cook tortellini about 4 minutes in boiling water.

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    Remove from water and drain in colander.

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    To serve, sauce may be poured over tortellini or tortellini may be added to the hot sauce and spooned onto a plate.

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    Garnish with paprika and parsley.