Crab dip is very rich and is nice served in a bread bowl or even in a casserole dish. A common restaurant offering is Steak or Burgers Chesapeake, in which they are topped with some version of this (often called Crab Imperial).
INGREDIENTS:
1 pound Maryland crab meat.
1 package cream cheese (eight ounces), softenend
3/4 cup sour cream
2/3 cup real, good quality mayonnaise
1 teaspoon capers, drained and chopped (optional, not traditional)
1 tablespoon Worchester
1 tsp Dijon mustard
½ tsp. Old Bay Seasoning
2/3 cup extra sharp cheddar cheese
1 teaspoon paprika
DIRECTIONS:
1 – Preheat oven to 400 degrees. Remove crab meat from container and into bowl, a little bit at a time, carefully picking through for shells. If it is machine-picked, there will be considerably more shells and you will need to be a bit more thorough. Set aside.
2 – In separate, large bowl, mix together cream cheese, sour cream, mayonnaise, capers, Worchester, mustard and Old Bay Seasoning.
3 – Gently fold cleaned crab meat into this mixture. Place into bread bowl or oven safe bowl.
4 – Top with cheddar and paprika. Cook in oven for about ten minutes or until the dip is bubbly and cheese is melted.
~ Serve with thin slices of crusty French bread, pita chips, or an assortment of crackers. ~
Recipe makes Twenty-six ¼ cup servings. Nutritional data per serving:
**Nutritional data calculated per ingredients and is deemed close but not exact.***
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