Easy Crab Dip

preparation 10 minutes
cook time 25 minutes
Serves 3

This easy crab recipe will wow your dinner party guests. Simply mix together dressed crab with cream cheese and other spices, top with grated cheddar and place under the grill. For an extra wow factor, serve your crab dip in the shell!

Recipe taken from For the Love of the Sea: a cookbook to celebrate the British seafood community and their food by Jenny Jefferies (Meze Publishing, £25)

Ingredients Method

1 large dressed brown crab
180g cream cheese
6 spring onions, finely sliced
5 tbsp mayonnaise
2 cloves of garlic, finely minced (or 1 tsp garlic powder)
1 tsp Worcestershire sauce
½ tsp paprika
Salt, pepper and Tabasco to taste
Good handful of grated cheddar or mozzarella

Set aside half of the grated cheese, then put all the ingredients into a large bowl. Combine until well mixed, then spoon into individual ovenproof bowls or one larger dish for sharing. Bake the dip in a preheated oven at 180°c for 20 minutes, then take it out and turn on the grill.

Scatter the remaining grated cheese over the top of the dip, then grill until golden. Leave the dip to cool slightly before serving. This is ideal with fresh bread, toasted pittas, crackers, tortilla chips or even celery and cucumber sticks.

Ingredients

1 large dressed brown crab

180g cream cheese

6 spring onions, finely sliced

5 tbsp mayonnaise

2 cloves of garlic, finely minced (or 1 tsp garlic powder)

1 tsp Worcestershire sauce

½ tsp paprika

Salt, pepper and Tabasco to taste

Good handful of grated cheddar or mozzarella

Method