Crab Louis
Recipe courtesy Doubleday Cookbook
Recipe Summary
Prep Time: 35 minutes Cook Time: 5 minutes
Yield: 4 servings
1 quart crisp, coarsely shredded lettuce
1 pound fresh-cooked crab meat, well picked over (Dungeness, lump, or backfin)
4 tomatoes, quartered
4 hard-cooked eggs, peeled and quartered
Dressing:
1 cup mayonnaise
1/3 cup ketchup
1/4 cup heavy cream, whipped
2 tablespoons finely grated scallions
2 tablespoons minced parsley
2 tablespoons minced green bell pepper
2 teaspoons lemon juice
1 teaspoon prepared horseradish
Pinch salt
On 4 luncheon-size plates, make beds of lettuce. Mound crab on top. Combine dressing ingredients and spoon over crab, then garnish each plate with tomatoes and hard-cooked eggs.
Episode#: CL9685
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