6 tarragon crab cups Recipes

fresh-ripe tomatoes (3 1/2 to 4 in.wide , 12 oz. each), mayonnaise, white wine vinegar, minced fresh tarragon or 2 tsp dried tarragon, shelled cooked crab or shelled cooked tiny shrimp, frozen petite peas, thawed, chopped celery, minced shallots, rinsed, salt and pepper, butter or leaf lettuce leaves, rinsed and crisped, fresh tarragon sprigs (optional)

sliced white bread, crusts removed (1 lb. loaf, 27 slices), fresh lump crabmeat , bits of shell and cartilage removed, diced celery (3 large ribs), hard-cooked eggs, finely chopped, yellow onion, finely chopped, mayonnaise (can use light ), snipped fresh dill (or tarragon), salt (to taste), black pepper (to taste), paprika

leek (white part only ), vidalia onion, drained canned artichoke heart, thawed frozen chopped spinach, brie cheese, minced garlic, olive oil, riesling wine or 1/4 cup other medium-dry white wine, heavy cream, chopped fresh parsley leaves, chopped fresh dill leaves, chopped fresh tarragon leaf, fresh jumbo lump crab meat (which would be my only option here in indiana!) or 1 lb imitation crabmeat (which would be my only option here in indiana!), dijon mustard, tabasco sauce , to taste, toasted thin slices baguette (for serving)

frozen crabmeat, thawed, extra virgin olive oil, shallot, minced (or onion), garlic cloves, minced, salt, pepper, mace or 1/4 tsp nutmeg, dry white wine or 1/3 cup white vermouth, lemon juice, dried tarragon, crumbled, light cream cheese, cubed and softened, light sour cream, fresh parsley, minced, fresh chives, minced, roasted sweet red pepper, diced (or fresh sweet red pepper)