Layered Crab Imperial Recipes

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°F.
• Melt butter in sauté pan.
• Add celery, onions, peppers, seasonings and spices and cook for about 4 minutes; set aside.
• Trim crust from bread slices and line bottom of a 20¾-inch by 12½-inch pan.
• Cover with a layer of crabmeat, followed by a layer of vegetable mixture and a layer of cheese.
• Top with remaining bread slices.
• Whisk eggs and combine with milk, pour over bread.
• Bake at 350°F degrees for approximately 1 hour or until top is slightly brown.

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.

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 450 degrees.
• Melt butter and add flour, salt, pepper and mustard over medium heat.
• Heat and stir until smooth and bubbly.
• Slowly add half and half and bring to boil.
• Reduce heat and add green pepper and worchestershire.
• Fold in crabmeat and pour into 8" x 8" baking dish.
• Bake for 15-20 minutes or until lightly browned.

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375° Fahrenheit.
• In a large bowl, combine the crabmeat, scallions, bell pepper, pimento, 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 crabmeat mixture into four one-cup baking dishes; then cover with the remaining mayonnaise.
• Sprinkle Parmesan and breadcrumbs on top and bake in the hot oven for 15 to 20 minutes until heated through.
• Serve immediately.

Steps:

• In skillet over medium heat, saute the peppers in the butter until soft. Allow to cool.
• In a large bowl, mix all the ingredients except the crab meat together.
• Gently fold in crab meat, trying to keep the chunks from breaking up. Do not over mix.
• Spoon evenly into 6 buttered scallop shells or individual casserole dishes. Sprinkle lightly with paprika (I use Old Bay) Even though it's not in the original recipe, I always put an additional tiny pat of butter on top of each one before I bake them. You just can't have too much butter when you're eating this!
• Bake at 350 for about 15 minutes. Serve garnished with lemon wedges.