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.

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