Chesapeake Bay Crab Pie

Chesapeake Bay Crab Pie

Ingredients: 

1 pastry shell

1/2 pound jumbo lump crab meat

1 cup Swiss cheese

1/2 cup chopped onions

4 eggs

2 cups half-and-half

3/4 teaspon salt

1/4 teaspoon pepper

1 teaspoon red pepper

Directions:

Combine crab meat, cheese, onions and spices. Beat eggs. Add half-and-half and blend all ingredients. Pour into pastry shell. Bake at 425 degrees for 15 minutes. Reduce heat to 300 degrees and continue baking for 30 minutes or until knife inserted comes out clean. Serves 6.

Crab Cobb Salad

Crab Cobb Salad

 Ingredients:  

6 cups romaine lettuce, torn into bite-size pieces

1/2 pound lump crabmeat, drained and picked

1 cup diced ripe tomatoes or cherry tomatoes, halved

1/4 cup crumbled blue cheese

2 tablespoons bacon bits

1/4 cup prepared low-sugar dressing or olive oil vinaigrette

Directions: 

Chill 2 plates. Arrange the lettuce on a large serving platter. Arrange the crabmeat, tomatoes, blue cheese, and bacon bits in rows over the lettuce. Right before serving, drizzle some dressing evenly over the salad and toss well. Transfer to the 2 chilled plates.