Crab Imperial From Ocean City, Md

Total Time: 25 mins Preparation Time: 10 mins Cook Time: 15 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 1 lb backfin crab meat
• 2 egg whites, stiffly beaten
• 2 tablespoons mayonnaise, good quality
• 2 tablespoons mild wet yellow mustard
• 6 saltines (use rolling pin to mash fine as sugar)
• green pepper, finely chopped (just small amount)
• 1 (3 ounce) jar pimientos, drained
• melted butter
• mayonnaise, to top dishes

Recipe

• 1 carefully examine crabmeat for shell and remove any found.
• 2 in a medium bowl, add crabmeat and other ingredients.
• 3 very gently fold ingredients together.
• 4 coat ramekins or glass crab shells with melted butter. fill with crab imperial.
• 5 * i like to sprinkle the top with a little paprika at this point.
• 6 place a teaspoon of mayonnaise on top.
• 7 bake in hot 400 degree oven for about 15 minutes. watch carefully. when mayonnaise browns, remove from oven.
• 8 * serve with wedges of lemon.