Hot crab bake
6 servings
Ingredients
| Quantity | Ingredient | |
|---|---|---|
| 6 | tablespoons | Butter or margarine |
| ¼ | cup | All-purpose flour |
| 2 | cups | Milk |
| 1 | can | Crab meat (7 1/2 oz.), drained, flaked & cartilage removed |
| 2 | eaches | Hard cooked eggs, chopped |
| ½ | cup | Chopped pimiento |
| ½ | cup | Fine dry break crumbs |
| ¼ | cup | Slivered almonds |
Directions
In skillet, melt 4 tbs. butter; blend in flour. Add milk all at once; cook and stir until thickened and bubbly. Stir in crab meat, chopped eggs, pimiento. 1 tsp. salt, and ⅛ tsp. pepper. Spoon mixture into 6 individual casserole dishes or baking shells.
Melt remaining 2 tbs. butter, toss with bread crumbs to combine.
Sprinkle crumbs atop crab mixture. Top with slivered almonds.
Bake uncovered, at 350, for 20 to 25 minutes.