Crab Imperial (Florida Style)
- Ready In:
- 20mins
- Ingredients:
- 14
- Serves:
-
2
ingredients
- 1 lb lump crabmeat (backfin)
- 1⁄2 cup milk
- 1 tablespoon milk
- 3 tablespoons butter
- 1 tablespoon flour
- 4 egg yolks (well beaten)
- 1⁄2 teaspoon dry mustard
- 1⁄8 teaspoon white pepper
- 1⁄4 teaspoon celery salt
- 1⁄4 teaspoon salt
- 1 1⁄2 teaspoons lemon juice
- 1⁄2 teaspoon Worcestershire sauce
- 3 tablespoons mayonnaise
- paprika
directions
- Heat 1/2 cup of milk to boiling point.
- Melt butter and then add flour,& then pour heated milk over flour/butter mixture.
- Beat until smooth and creamy.
- Allow to cool.
- Add the well beaten egg yolks, seasonings, lemon juice, Worcestershire and 1 Tablespoon mayonnaise.
- Blend well.
- Add crabmeat and mix thoroughly (handling gently).
- Fill either shells or small dishes.
- Mix remaining 2 Tablespoons of mayonnaise with 1 Tablespoon of milk and brush on top.
- Sprinkle lightly with paprika.
- Bake in preheated oven at 400 degree for 10 minutes and serve.
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RECIPE SUBMITTED BY
Alan Leonetti
Albuquerque, New Mexico
I was born in 1942 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in this GREAT United States of America. I have since resided in Baltimore Maryland, Atlanta Georgia, Orlando Florida, Fort Lauderdale Florida, Los Angeles California, Selma Oregon, and now in Albuquerque New Mexico. I have enjoyed not only eating, but cooking all my life.