Crab Meat Au Gratin

Ingredients

• four tablespoons butter
• two large onions minced
• four tablespoons flour
• one-half teaspoon salt
• one and one-fourth cups evaporated milk
• dash of nutmeg
• one-half cup bread crumbs
• three-fourths cup water
• two tablespoons minced green pepper
• one and one-half cups crab meat
• one tablespoon minced pimiento
• one cup grated cheese
• one-half teaspoon red pepper

Method

1. 1

   Melt butter in a double boiler, cook onion and green pepper without browning.

2. 2

   Stir in flour, salt, milk, and water until thick.

3. 3

   Add crab meat, pimiento, and nutmeg.

4. 4

   Fill buttered ramikins, sprinkle with cheese and bread crumbs, dot with butter, and bake until brown.

Nutrition per serving

As published

This recipe was extracted from Natchez recipes (1900), page 16. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

CRAB MEAT AU GRATIN Four tablespoons butter, two large onions minced, four tablespoons flour, one-half teaspoon salt, one and one-fourth cups evaporated milk, dash of nut- meg, one-half cup bread crumbs, three-fourths cup water, two tablespoons minced green pepper, one and one-half cups crab meat, one tablespoon minced pimiento, one cup grated cheese, one-half teaspoon red pepper

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