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Caroline's Crab Dip

hot rich crab dip with parmesan and lime
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Servings: 0
Ingredients Method Notes

Ingredients
  

  • 2 cans canned crab meat or equivalent fresh
  • 8 oz cream cheese
  • 1/2 t garlic powder
  • 1 T Worcester
  • juice of 1/2 a lime
  • 1 c shredded Parmesan
  • fresh cracked pepper

Method
 

  1. Mix cheeses, spices and lime juice. Lightly fold in crab meat.
    Press into a lightly greased baking dish (something about half the size of a standard rectangular casserole dish)
    Top with cracked pepper.
    Bake uncovered 30 min at 350. Top should be lightly browned.

Notes

We planned to make this Christmas night 2022. But we were too tired. So we made it the next day. It's really rich. We ate bits of it for days. Next time I'd half it. 
Our crab was sold in bigger containers, so we added . . . 
4T Hellmans Real Mayonnaise
3/4 tsp kosher salt
1/4 tsp pepper 
juice of the whole lime, vs half the lime
Additional notes to my future home cook self:
  • Make sure cream cheese is soft at room temperature or use the spreadable cream cheese 
  • Mix everything except crab and lime 
  • Put lime directly on crab and then fold it into the mix 
  • We used a pie dish to bake it in
  • Next time I'd half or quarter it for the two of us. And use the leftover crab for a cold crab dip in the next day or two. 
bon appétit
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