Some appetizers disappear the second they hit the table, and this Garlic Butter Shrimp and Crab Crescent Ring is one of them. Flaky golden crescent dough wraps around a creamy, cheesy filling loaded with tender shrimp and sweet lump crab, then gets brushed with warm garlic butter right out of the oven.
It looks like something from a seafood restaurant, but it only takes about 20 minutes of hands-on work. Serve it for game day, holidays or a family dinner with a little bowl of garlic butter in the middle for dipping. Every slice pulls apart with a stretch of melted cheese and big pieces of seafood inside.
Prep: 20 min | Bake: 25 min | Serves: 8 to 10
Ingredients
Ingredients
- 2 cans (8 oz each) refrigerated crescent roll dough
- 8 oz cooked shrimp, peeled, deveined and chopped
- 8 oz lump crab meat, drained and picked over for shells
- 4 oz cream cheese, softened
- 1/4 cup mayonnaise
- 1 1/2 cups shredded mozzarella cheese
- 1/4 cup grated Parmesan cheese
- 2 green onions, thinly sliced
- 1 tsp Old Bay seasoning
- 1 tsp lemon juice
Garlic Butter
- 4 tbsp butter, melted
- 2 cloves garlic, minced
- 1 tbsp fresh parsley, chopped
- Pinch of salt
Instructions
- Heat the oven to 375°F and line a large baking sheet or round baking dish with parchment paper.
- In a bowl, mix the cream cheese, mayonnaise, mozzarella, Parmesan, green onions, Old Bay and lemon juice.
- Gently fold in the chopped shrimp and lump crab meat.
- Unroll the crescent dough and separate the triangles. Arrange them in a ring with the wide ends overlapping in the middle and the points facing out, leaving a 5 inch circle open in the center.
- Spoon the seafood filling over the wide ends of the dough all the way around the ring.
- Fold the points over the filling and tuck them under the inside edge. Some filling will still show.
- Mix the melted butter, garlic, parsley and salt. Brush half of it over the ring.
- Bake 22 to 25 minutes until deep golden brown and bubbly.
- Brush with more garlic butter, set a small bowl of the rest in the center and serve warm.
Tip
Pat the shrimp and crab dry with paper towels before mixing so the bottom of the ring stays crisp.
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