Crab Stick Cheese Balls: Affordable Gourmet Delight

Original, effective, made from simple and affordable products. Cheese balls made from crab sticks will become a real decoration of your table. This budget appetizer is prepared in a hurry, but has the appearance of a truly refined and expensive restaurant-quality dish. Prepare and see for yourself!
cook time: 40 min
Isla Thatcher
Crab Stick Cheese Balls: Affordable Gourmet Delight

Nutrition Facts (per serving)

274
Calories
25g
Fat
4g
Carbs
13g
Protein

Ingredients (8 portions)

Basic:

Garlic 2 clove
Eggs (large) 2 pc
Hard cheese 200 g
Mayonnaise 100 g
Processed cheese ("Friendship", "Amber") 100 g
Crab sticks 200 g

Recipe instructions

Step 1

Step 1
How to make cheese balls from crab sticks? Very simple and quite fast. To begin, prepare the necessary ingredients according to the list. Choose crab sticks with a whiter, brighter red top, then the appetizer will be just as bright and expressive. Processed cheese needs semi-solid “Druzhba” or “Yantar”, which can be grated. Large, selected eggs are needed. If the eggs are small, take 3 pieces.

Step 2

Step 2
Grate the crab sticks on a fine grater. To make it easier to grate the crab sticks, first place them in the freezer for 20 minutes.

Step 3

Step 3
Grate the hard cheese on a fine grater. The cheese can be anything. The main thing is that it is tasty, fresh and aromatic. I have an ordinary Russian one.

Step 4

Step 4
Place the processed cheese in the freezer for 20 minutes. Then grate on a fine grater.

Step 5

Step 5
Hard boil the eggs, cool and peel. Then grate on a fine grater. How to hard boil eggs? To prevent eggs from cracking during cooking, place them in cold water and cook over low heat. Boil the eggs for 9 minutes after boiling, then cover with cold water and cool. The shell will be better cleaned from a sharp temperature change.

Step 6

Step 6
In a bowl, combine hard and processed cheese, grated eggs and garlic cloves passed through a press. Season everything with mayonnaise and mix until smooth. The mass should be dense, not fall apart when forming balls and slightly sticky.

Step 7

Step 7
Using wet hands, form small dense balls the size of a walnut or slightly larger from the resulting mass.

Step 8

Step 8
Roll the resulting balls in shavings of crab sticks. The appetizer will immediately take on an elegant, bright look. If you prepare the appetizer in advance, cover it with a bowl to prevent it from getting too dry and put it in the refrigerator.

Step 9

Step 9
Transfer the cheese appetizer with crab sticks to a serving plate and garnish with herbs. And you can serve immediately or keep it in the refrigerator for 20 minutes. Bon appetit!

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