Main Dish Recipes - Classic Crab Newburg

Ingredients   

• 1 6-oz, package Wakefield Snow Crabmeat

• 1/4 cup butter

• 2 Tbs, flour

• 1/2 tsp. salt

• 1/8 tsp. nutmeg

• 1/8 tsp. cayenne

• 2 cups half-and-half or light cream

• 3 egg yolks, slightly beaten

• 1 1/2 Tbs. dry sherry

• Hot, cooked rice

Serves 4 to 6

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Method:

1. Thaw and drain Crabmeat. Melt butter in medium saucepan. Add flour, salt, nutmeg and cayenne. Stir until smooth.

2. Gradually add half-and-half. Cook over medium heat 8 to 10 minutes or until slightly thickened, stirring constantly.

3. Gradually add 12 cup hot sauce mixture to egg yolks, beating to blend. Add egg yolk mixture to remaining sauce mixture; mix well.

4. Add crab and crab liquid. Cook 1 to 2 minutes or until thickened, stirring constantly.

5. Remove from heat. Stir in sherry. Serve over hot, cooked rice.