Meeting Street Crab Meat

Holiday recipes from Charleston Receipts, the nation’s oldest Junior League cookbook, published in 1950 and now in its thirty-fifth printing.

Cook Time:10 min

Prep Time:5 min

Total Time:15 min

Servings: 4

Ingredients:

1 pound white crab meat

4 tablespoon butter

4 tablespoon flour

1/2 pint cream

4 tablespoon sherry

3/4 cup sharp grated cheese

Salt and pepper to taste

Preparation:

Make a cream sauce with the butter, flour and cream.

Add salt, pepper and sherry. Remove from fire and add crab meat.

Pour the mixture into a buttered casserole or individual baking dishes.

Sprinkle with grated cheese and cook in a hot oven until cheese melts. Do not overcook.