Mrs. Tawes' Crab Casserole

Total Time: 50 mins Preparation Time: 30 mins Cook Time: 20 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 1 lb blue crab meat, back fin or jumbo lump
• 6 eggs, hard cooked
• 1 cup heavy cream
• 1 tablespoon butter
• 1 tablespoon flour
• 1/4 teaspoon dry mustard
• 1 tablespoon vinegar
• 1 teaspoon vegetable oil
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1/2 teaspoon pepper
• 1/2 cup dry breadcrumbs

Recipe

• 1 chop whites of eggs and add to crab meat. handle gently so that crab lumps are not broken.
• 2 add salt and pepper.
• 3 mash egg yolks and set aside.
• 4 make roux with butter and flour.
• 5 add cream, egg yolks, dry mustard, vinegar, and oil, cooking gently and stirring constantly until thickened.
• 6 pour while hot over crab and mix gently.
• 7 place in buttered 1 quart casserole.
• 8 cover top with bread crumbs.
• 9 dot with butter.
• 10 brown in 350 degree oven until just warm.