Recipe: Crab Imperial (using fresh bread crumbs)

CRAB IMPERIAL

2 tablespoons butter
2 heaping tablespoons flour
3/4 cup milk
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon dry mustard
1 teaspoon vinegar
1/2 teaspoon Worcestershire sauce
2 heaping tablespoons mayonnaise
1 slice bread, torn
1 pound crab meat

Melt butter; stir in flour. Add 1/2 cup milk gradually, stirring. Add salt, mustard, vinegar and Worcestershire sauce; cook until thickened. Cool.

Add mayonnaise to sauce.

Moisten crumbs with remaining milk; add to crab. Mix crab mixture with sauce mixture. Spoon into 8 ramekins.

Bake at 350F for 15 minutes.

Servings: 8