Crab Meat Au Gratin

Ingredients

• 1 lb. crab meat
• 2 slices canned pimentos
• 3 hard boiled eggs
• 2 cups white sauce
• 1/2 lb. blanched chopped almonds
• 1/2 cup grated cheese

Method

1. 1

   Cover bottom of buttered baking dish with a thin layer of white sauce.

2. 2

   Add a layer of crab meat, then a layer of sliced hard boiled eggs.

3. 3

   Sprinkle with chopped almonds and bits of pimento.

4. 4

   Cover with white sauce.

5. 5

   Combine alternating layers until dish is full.

6. 6

   Sprinkle fine bread crumbs over the last layer of white sauce, then sprinkle on cheese.

7. 7

   Bake for 20 minutes in a hot oven.

Nutrition per serving

As published

This recipe was extracted from The Wilson cook book (1941) by Woman's Society of Christian Service (Wilson, Wilson County, N.C.), page 3. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

2 cups grated cheese Strip crab meat and cover with juice of 2 lemons and let stand. Melt butter, add chopped onion and let brown. Add flour, then add milk slowly. When it gets to right consistency add cheese and let melt. Add pimento and crab meat. Serve on noodles. Serves 8 people. Crab Meat Au Gratin 1 lb. crab meat 2 slices canned pimentos 3 hard boiled eggs 2 cups white sauce

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