Ma’s Crab Imperial
Ingredients
- 1 lb. backfin or lump crabmeat
- 1 cup milk
- 2 tablespoons butter
- 2 tablespoons flour
- 2 tablespoons prepared mustard
- ½ teaspoon salt
- ½ teaspoon cayenne pepper
- Breadcrumbs
Instructions
- Milk butter, add flour, mix, add milk. Stir over medium heat until sauce bubbles. Remove from heat. Add mustard, salt and pepper.
- Tossed crab lightly with sauce, trying not to break up the lumps. Put in four crab shells or casserole dish. Sprinkle with buttered breadcrumbs. Bake at 350° for 30 minutes or until brown.
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