Mulate's Crabmeat AuGratin

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Serves 6 to 8
Ingredients:
  • 1 stick butter
  • 1 medium onion, diced
  • 2 teaspoon salt
  • 1 teaspoon cayenne pepper
  • 5 tablespoons flour
  • 2 cups half-and-half
  • 1½ cups whole milk
  • 1 cup shredded cheddar cheese
  • 2 egg yolks
  • 2 lbs jumbo lump crabmeat, picked for shells
  • 1 cup shredded cheddar cheese, for topping

  • In a medium saucepan, melt butter over medium heat. Add onion; sauté for about 10 minutes. Add seasonings, then flour, while stirring constantly.
    Add half-and-half and milk, and bring to a boil. Stir in 1 cup shredded cheese. When the cheese has melted, remove from heat. Add egg yolks; mix well. Fold in crabmeat. Put in buttered gratin dishes. Top each with cheese.

    Bake gratins at 400˚F for about 15 minutes, or until cheese is melted and bubbly.
 

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1 stick butter
1 medium onion, diced
2 tsp. salt
1 tsp. cayenne pepper
5 tbsp. flour
2 cups half & half
1.5 cups whole milk
1 cup shredded cheddar cheese
2 egg yolks
2 lbs. jumbo lump crabmeat, picked for shells
1 cup shredded cheddar cheese, for topping

Preheat oven to 400 degrees. In a medium sauce pot, melt butter over medium heat. Add onion and sauté until transparent. Add seasonings, then flour, while stirring constantly. Whisk in half & half and milk. Bring to a soft boil. Stir in shredded cheddar cheese. When cheese has melted, remove from heat. Add egg yolks and mix well. Fold in the jumbo lump crabmeat. Place in buttered au gratin dishes and top each with cheese. Bake au gratins for about 15 minutes, or until cheese is melted and bubbly. Serves 8.
 

medtran49

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The recipe on line doesn't say it, but you need to break the egg yolk and temper it with a good spoonful of bechemel, then another one before mixing into the pot. If you don't, you'll have clumps of cooked egg yolk.
 
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