Chesapeake Bay Crab Cheese Ball
Ingredients:
1-8 ounce jar Cheez Whiz
1-8 ounce cream cheese, softened
2 teaspoons Worcestershire sauce
dash of Tabasco sauce
2 teaspoons Old Bay seasoning
1 small onion, finely minced
1 stalk celery, diced
1 strip green pepper, diced
2 tablespoons butter, softened
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon horseradish
1/2 lemon, squeezed
1 pound backfin crab meat
chopped pecans
Directions:
Mix together thoroughly Cheez Whiz and cream cheese. Blend in butter, Worcestershire sauce, Tabasco sauce and Old Bay. Add onion, celery, green pepper, horseradish, salt and juice of 1/2 lemon. Gently fold in crab meat. Press mixture into shape of a ball and roll in chopped pecans. Refrigerate. Serve with crackers.
