Simple And Sinful Crab Au Gratin

Total Time: 35 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 15 mins

Ingredients

• 2 tablespoons butter
• 2 tablespoons plain flour
• 1 pint double cream
• 1 1/2 cups freshly grated parmesan cheese or 1 1/2 cups romano cheese
• 1 pinch ground cayenne pepper
• 1 pinch ground paprika
• 2 (170 g) cans crabmeat
• 1 (43 g) can dressed crab or 1 (43 g) can brown crabmeat
• salt & freshly ground black pepper

Recipe

• 1 preheat the oven to 200c/400°f.
• 2 flake the crabmeat and combine with the brown crabmeat in a bowl and set aside.
• 3 melt the butter in a medium saucepan over medium heat. add the flour and cook, whisking for one minute. in a separate pan, gently heat the double cream.
• 4 remove the butter and flour mixture from the heat and whisk in the heated cream. return to the heat, gently bring to a boil, then simmer, whisking for a minute or two until thickened.
• 5 add three quarters of the cheese, the cayenne and paprika and two-thirds of the crab. season with a little bit of salt and freshly ground pepper.
• 6 divide the remaining crabmeat between six ramekins. top with the creamy crab and cheese mixture, and sprinkle the remaining cheese over the top.
• 7 place the ramekins onto a baking tray and bake in the preheated oven for 15 minutes or until bubbling hot and golden.
• 8 serve the crab au gratin with triangles of toasted fresh bread or rounds of ciabatta and a simple green herb salad.