Deviled Crab

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DEVILED CRAB

Submitted by Ardis Boyd from Minnesota

4 Tablespoon butter

2 Tablespoon flour

1 cup milk

1/2 teaspoon salt

1 ( 8 oz) can crab meat

1/2 teaspoon paprika

1/4 teaspoon pepper

1/2 teaspoon prepared mustard

1 Tablespoon chopped parsley

1 Tablespoon lemon juice

3 hard- cooked eggs

3 slices toasted bread, cubed

    Melt 2 Tablespoons butter in a saucepan ; add flour and salt. Add milk gradually and cook over low heat, stirring constantly until sauce boils and thickens. Fold in remaining ingredients except bread cubes and remaining butter ; mix until well blended, but do not mash. Mix bread cubes with remaining melted butter. Place layer of cubes on bottom of buttered casserole . Cover with crab mixture ; repat layers, ending with bread cubs. Bake for 20 minutes at 375 F. degrees or until crumbs are a golden brown and mixture is heated through.

YIELD: 6 Servings