American Crab Salad – II

Preparation info
    • Difficulty

      Easy

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By Robert Carrier

Published 1963

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Ingredients

  • 1 pound cooked crabmeat
  • ¼ pound celery, finely chopped
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Method

Combine lightly the cold, cooked crabmeat with finely-chopped celery and pimento. Season with lemon juice, dry mustard, salt, pepper and cayenne, to taste.

Bind the salad with well-flavoured mayonnaise and serve on lettuce leaves. Garnish with quartered tomatoes and hard-boiled eggs and with ripe olives. Top with a little mayonnaise and dust with finely-chopped parsley.