Elegant Crabmeat Imperial Food

CRAB IMPERIAL

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400 degrees. Place the crabmeat into a bowl and gently, with your hands, remove any bits of shell or cartilage, taking care not to break up any of the lumps.
• In a small bowl, mix the egg with mustard, Worcestershire Sauce, Old Bay, parsley and four tablespoons of mayonnaise together. Gently mix this into the crab meat, taste and add more Old Bay or mayonnaise if needed.
• Divide the mixture into 4 or 6 ramekins, top each with 1 tablespoon of the tarter sauce and and bake at 400 degrees for 10 minutes then switch the oven to broil. Watch the ramekins closely and immediately remove them from the oven when browned. Plate the ramekins and garnish with a bit of chopped parsley, if desired.

CRAB IMPERIAL

Steps:

• Saute green pepper in butter until translucent, but not brown.
• Add to crabmeat, salt and pepper. Stir in mustard, mayonnaise and Worcestershire sauce. Put in buttered casserole. Top with bread crumbs, a few pats of butter, and sprinkle with crab boil seasoning. Bake for 25 minutes in a preheated 375 degree F. oven.

BRENNAN'S CRABMEAT IMPERIAL

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375º.
• In a large bowl, combine the crab meat, scallions, bell pepper, pimiento, egg yolk, dry mustard, artichoke hearts, paprika, and one-half cup of the mayonnaise. Stir until well mixed and season with salt and pepper to taste.
• Spoon the crab meat mixture into four one-cup baking dishes; then cover with the remaining mayonnaise. Sprinkle Parmesan and bread crumbs on top and bake for 15-20 minutes until heated through. Serve immediately.

ELEGANT CRABMEAT IMPERIAL

Steps:

• Combine all ingredients except crabmeat, and stir well. Fold in crabmeat carefully so as not to break up lumps. Place in small casserole dish that has been sprayed with vegetable oil spray. Bake 15 minutes in 350° oven. Remove and put a thin layer of mayonnaise on top; broil for a few minutes until top is slightly tan. Editor's Extra: After baking, spoon this into baked pastry shells. Elegantly delicious!

CRAB IMPERIAL II

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C).
• In a medium bowl, combine crab meat, mayonnaise, lemon juice, Worcestershire sauce, Old Bay Seasoning, salt, cayenne pepper, dry mustard, and beaten egg.. Mix thoroughly.
• In an 8" pie dish, spread mixture and lightly coat the entire dish with bread crumbs. Then sprinkle the top with paprika. Dot the dish with the butter.
• Bake in a preheated oven for 20 minutes.

CRAB IMPERIAL

Steps:

• Gently go through the lump crab meat for any shell fragments. Set crab meat aside.
• Mix mayonnaise, Worcestershire sauce, salt and egg together until well blended.
• Fold in the sauteed peppers and drained pimentos.
• Very carefully, fold in the crab meat lumps until coated with mayonnaise mixture.
• Place in buttered casserole dish.
• Casserole Topping:.
• In small bowl, mix together the egg yolk and the mayonnaise.
• Now spoon on top of the casserole filled with crab mixture.
• Sprinkle the Old Bay seasoning on top.
• Bake 350 degrees for 25 minutes or until browned. May serve with lemon wedges.