OPEN FACE CRAB MUFFINS

Try this amazing dish for breakfast or brunch....the flavors just jump right out at you....fresh lump crabmeat, ranch dressing, fresh lemon juice, green onions, tomatoes and baby Swiss cheese....

1 lb. fresh lump crabmeat
white pepper to taste
1/3 cup Ranch dressing
1 tsp. freshly squeezed lemon juice
6 green onions, finely chopped, white only
6 English muffins, split
mayonnaise
green leaf lettuce, chopped
8 thick slices tomatoes
8 slices baby Swiss cheese
vegetable cooking spray

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Season crabmeat with pepper, ranch dressing, lemon juice and green onions. Toss and set aside.

Lightly toast English muffins. Lightly spread each slice of muffins with dressing and mayonnaise. Top each muffin with crabmeat mixture. Add lettuce and tomatoes to each and top with slice of cheese. Place on baking sheet which has been sprayed with vegetable cooking spray. Bake for 20 minutes or until cheese melts.

Serves 12

CRABMEAT REMICK

The Remick Sauce rings my bell, particularly when it is served with bacon over fresh lump crabmeat.

REMICK SAUCE:

1 teaspoon dry mustard
1/2 cup dry white wine
2 cups mayonnaise
5 tablespoons chili sauce
1 teaspoon Tabasco sauce
1 tablespoon Worcestershire sauce

Dissolve the dry mustard in the white wine; set aside. In a mixing bowl, combine the remaining ingredients. Whisk until smooth. Slowly add the wine-mustard mixture, whisking constantly. Set aside.

CRABMEAT

4 tablespoons chopped shallots
1 stick butter
2 lbs. fresh lump crabmeat
sea salt and freshly ground white pepper to taste
1 cup white wine

Saute the shallots for 30 seconds in the butter. Season with the salt and pepper to taste, heat through. Add the wine and quickly evaporate.

To serve: transfer the crabmeat mixture to an au gratin dish. Top with 2 cups of the Remick Sauce and sprinkle with 1/4 cup chopped, cooked bacon. Plavce under the broiler for 2 minutes.

Alternately, divide the mixture between 8 scallop shells or individual ramekins, top with sauce and bacon and broil.
Serves 8

"I never met crabmeat that I didn't like!"~Adele Forbes