Deviled Crab Recipes

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 450°F.
• Remove crabmeat from shell, discarding cartilage, and cut meat into 1/2-inch pieces.
• Melt 2 tablespoons butter in a 1 1/2-quart heavy saucepan over moderately low heat, then add flour and cook, whisking, 2 minutes. Add milk in a slow stream, whisking, then add garlic and bring to a boil, whisking. Reduce heat and simmer, whisking, until béchamel is thickened, about 3 minutes. Remove from heat and discard garlic.
• Whisk together yolks, Sherry, mustard, nutmeg, cayenne, and salt in a bowl, then add hot béchamel in a slow stream, whisking. Pour mixture into saucepan and cook over very low heat, whisking constantly, until an instant-read thermometer registers 160°F, about 2 minutes. Remove from heat and gently stir in crabmeat and parsley. Divide mixture among 6 (4-ounce) ramekins.
• Melt remaining 2 tablespoons butter and cool slightly. Stir together melted butter, bread crumbs, and cheese with a fork, then sprinkle over crab. Put ramekins in a shallow baking pan and bake in upper third of oven until crab is bubbling and crumbs are golden brown, about 5 minutes.

Steps:

• In a large skillet, saute onion in butter until tender. Stir in flour and salt until blended. Gradually stir in cream until smooth. , Bring to a boil; cook and stir for 2 minutes or until thickened and bubbly. Remove from the heat., Stir a small amount of hot mixture into egg yolks. Return all to the pan, stirring constantly. Bring to a gentle boil; cook and stir 2 minutes longer. Remove from the heat. Stir in the crab, mustard, Worcestershire sauce and chives., Spoon into six greased 6-oz. ramekins or custard cups. Place on a baking sheet. Combine bread crumbs and melted butter; sprinkle over tops. Bake at 375° for 20-25 minutes or until topping is golden brown.

Steps:

• Melt 1 stick of butter and saute green pepper and onions for about 5 minutes.
• Add garlic, thyme and bay leaf.
• Saute slowly till soft.
• Add remaining butter then celery and saute a few more minutes.
• Add the bread crumbs and milk, mixing well.
• Cook over medium heat for about 5 minutes.
• Add crab meat and remaining seasonin, mixing thoroughly.
• Remove bay leaf and arrange mixture in ramekins.
• Top with buttered bread crumbs.
• Heat in 400 degree oven only until hot.

Steps:

• Cut eggs lengthwise in half. Remove yolks, reserving whites. In a bowl, mash yolks. Stir in all remaining ingredients. , Spoon or pipe into egg whites. Refrigerate, covered, until serving. If desired, sprinkle with parsley.

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees. Pick through the crabmeat to remove bits of cartilage etc. In a mixing bowl combine the crabmeat with the scallions, celery and bell pepper. (Make sure the green onions, celery and bell pepper are very finely chopped because they won't cook in the oven and you don't want their raw texture to be intrusive.) In a separate mixing bowl combine the mustard with the butter and cream. Combine the crabmeat mixture with the melted butter and cracker crumbs. Season with 1/2 teaspoon of salt and Tabasco sauce to taste. Transfer the mixture to a baking dish. Top with additional cracker crumbs and bake for half an hour until the top has browned.
• Variation instead of combining crabmeat vegetables with the butter and cream combine it with 3/4 cup of evaporated skim milk mixed with 1 teaspoon dry mustard rather than the Dijon mustard.

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 180 degrees.
• Mix the crab meat with the breadcrumbs, celery, onions and moisten with the butter and cream.
• Season with the mustard, salt, cayenne, parsley and sweet green pepper and mix thoroughly.
• Pile the mixture into shells or flat individual dishes and bake in the oven for about 30 minutes.
• Serve immediately.

Steps:

• In a large heavy skillet, melt the butter over low heat. Stir in the flour, mustard, salt and cayenne and cook until the mixture is smooth and bubbling, about five minutes.
• Whisk the raw egg yolk into the milk and add to the roux. Cook, stirring constantly, until the mixture is thickened and smooth. Stir in the Worcestershire sauce, parsley, lemon juice and hard-cooked egg yolks. Gently fold in the crab meat. Remove from heat.
• Preheat the oven to 375 degrees. Spoon the mixture into small ramekins and sprinkle with the bread crumbs. Bake until the tops brown, about 10 minutes.

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°F.
• Melt butter in a 10-inch heavy skillet over moderate heat until foam subsides, then cook onion and celery, stirring, until softened, about 2 minutes. Remove from heat and cool.
• Gently toss crab with lemon juice.
• Coarsely crush saltines with your hands in a large bowl. Stir in onion mixture, Sherry, cayenne, and salt, then fold in crab.
• Divide among scallop shells and bake in middle of oven until lightly browned, about 20 minutes.
• We use Outerbridge's brand, from Bermuda. Available at specialty foods shops and from 441-296-4451 or outerbridge.com.
• ** Available at Bridge Kitchenware (800-274-3435).

Steps:

• Pick over the crab meat to remove cartilage and bone. Try not to break up the lumps. Put the crab in a mixing bowl.
• Melt the butter in a skillet and add the onion and celery. Cook until wilted. Set aside to cool.
• Preheat the broiler.
• Add the onion and celery mixture and 1/2 cup each of mayonnaise and cheese to the crab meat. Add the parsley, lemon juice, sherry, pepper and Tabasco. Blend carefully so as not to break up the lumps of crab.
• If you are to serve this as a canape, spoon the mixture into 14 to 16 small scallop dishes. If it is to be served as a main course, spoon it into six large scallop shells.
• Blend the remaining two tablespoons of mayonnaise and one tablespoon of cheese. Spoon equal portions of this mixture over the tops of the crab and smooth it over. Place under the broiler until bubbling and golden brown.

Steps:

• Place eggs in a saucepan with enough water to cover. Bring water to a boil and remove saucepan from heat. Let eggs stand in hot water for 15 minutes. Drain, cool, and peel.
• Cut the eggs in half lengthwise and remove the yolks. In a bowl, mash the yolks and mix with mayonnaise, paprika, mustard powder, and Old Bay seasoning. Fold in the crabmeat. Spoon the mixture evenly into the hollowed egg white halves. Chill at least 1 hour before serving.

Steps:

• ---To Prepare Crabs---.
• Fill a large dutch oven 2 gallons water; add 1 cup of Old Bay seasoning (if desired) and heat to a boil.
• Drop live crabs into the water, reduce heat and simmer until done (about 10 minutes).
• Drain, and remove crabs.
• To remove meat, grasp body of the crab; break off the large claws; remove meat from the claws.
• Pull off the top shell and reserve.
• Cut or break off the lower legs; scrape off the gills, and remove the organs located in the center of the body carefully.
• Remove the meat from the body.
• Scrub the shells with a brush and rinse before filling.
• ---To Prepare Filling---.
• Preheat oven to 400 degrees F.
• Grease the largest 6 shells (or ramekins if using crab meat with no shells).
• Mix the breadcrumbs with the milk in a bowl.
• Add the butter, dry mustard, cayenne, egg, and onion and mix gently.
• Spoon the filling into the shells.
• Pour a layer of coarse salt onto a lipped baking sheet or jelly-roll pan.
• Nest the shells in the salt and bake in the preheated oven for 20-25 minutes or until golden brown.
• Serve at once with wedges of lemon.