Recipe for Crab Imperial

Preparation Time: Approx. 45 minutes

Servings: 4 servings

Ingredients

2 tablespoons butter

1/2 tablespoon minced onion

1/2 tablespoon minced red bell pepper

2 tablespoons flour

1/2 cup milk

1/4 cup white wine

6 Tablespoons mayonnaise

1 teaspoon prepared mustard

1/2 teaspoon Worcestershire sauce

dash of Tabasco Sauce

1/2 teasponparsley

1 lb. broken crab meat

salt and pepper to taste

1/4 cup crushed Ritz Crackers

moistened with drawn butter

Heat the milk in a heavy sauce pan. In a separate pot, melt the butter over a low heat and sauté the onion and green pepper until they are cooked but still firm. Add 1 the flour and blend together cooking for several minutes. Add the hot milk a little at a time while whisking over a medium heat. Add the remaining ingredients except the mayonnaise and cook for an additional 5 minutes. Remove from the heat and fold in the mayonnaise. Gently fold the crab meat into the sauce and place in a greased casserole dish. Sprinkle Ritz Cracker crumbs over the tot and bake at 350 degrees for about 20-30 minutes or until the top browns and the casserole is bubbling.