crab

Hi all I have a pound of jumbo lump crabmeat and would love some of your ideas...I am weary of making crab cakes....

I love this one; I got it out of a cookbook of old railroad dining car recipes.  It's my favorite because it doesn't use a ton of mayonnaise.
 
Crabmeat Salad Olympia Hiawatha
 
1 pound lump crabmeat, cooked
1 chopped rib of celery
1 green onion, finely chopped
about 1/8 teaspoon each of fresh chervil and parsley, finely chopped
1/8 teaspoon curry powder
1 teaspoon tarragon vinegar
about 4 tablespoons mayonnaise
 
Gently mix crab, celery, green onion, chervil and parsley.  Stir vinegar and curry powder into mayonnaise.  Pour over crab mixture and toss gently.
 
Place crab mixture on lettuce leaves; decorate with pitted black olives and/or sour pickle slices.
 
Can also be used as a spread for canapes.

Wow rumaki that sounds delicious and different! Thanks...

There's a CIA recipe for catfish and crabmeat:

Saute some onion in butter, add heavy cream and stir till slightly thickened, salt and pepper to taste,  add crab meat, pile on the catfish filet, sprinkle generously with cornbread crumbs, place in buttered baking dish, add enough white wine and water to come halfway up the filet (keep the cornbread dry)  bake in 350 oven for about 15 minutes.

Make a sauce of julliened ham and cream by gently heating, season with salt and pepper, add the liquid from the baking dish, add a shot of sherry, pour sauce around the filet and serve with rice on side. 

Cheers, John 

seafarer that sounds yummy!  What is CIA?

Crab Imperial, Veal Oscar, Lobster stuffed with crab, hot crab rolls.

Hi Michael how have you been?  Very Luxurious!

blue heaven


seafarer that sounds yummy!  What is CIA?

 
Culinary Institute of America
 
Russ

Thanks Russ...

I'll giveyou the ingredients for a cream of crab soup
Green or any color pepper seeded and chopped
a stalk of celery chopped 
a carrot chopped
a shallot
Capers
crisp bacon
Chicken base
Lobster base
Old Bay
Heavy Cream
Cream of Sherry
Puree the vegitables, add the Cream, Old Bay, Chicken and Lobster base, bring to a high simmer, don't boil, add Cream of Sherry to taste
Add the Crab but just fold it in, along with the bacon
Voila! A terrific Cream of Crab soup

Stir it into already prepared macaroni & cheese.

stricken_detective


Stir it into already prepared macaroni & cheese.

Very inventive, gonna try this soon, maybe add a little horseradish, Mac and cheese cream of crab dip!

How about a Club Sandwich with some Jumbo Lump on the Tomato!

I feel like Bubba in the Forest Gump movie....  

crabmeat au gratin is one of my favorites, then there's crabmeat Veronica, hot sherried crab dip, crabmeat stuffed mushrooms, West Indies salad, crabmeat St. Jacques, crabmeat Imperial (mentioned and I second) , deviled crab.

Anything leftover, make a cocktail with chopped lettuce, celery,(hearts better) crabmeat and a cocktail sauce.

chewingthefat


How about a Club Sandwich with some Jumbo Lump on the Tomato!

 
Now that makes my heart race and knees go weak---------gotta give it a whirl with the Last of my summer dermaters!!!!!
 
Russ