CRABMEAT CASSEROLE

CRABMEAT CASSEROLE

3 cups lump crabmeat

1/4 pound butter

1/3 cup minced onion tops

1 Tbsp.  minced garlic

1 large whole bay leaf

1 Tbsp. parsley

2 Tbsp. flour

4 Tbsp. Parmesan cheese

2 cups water

1/4 cup breadcrumbs

Salt and pepper to taste

in large pot melt butter.  Add flour, mix till smooth, add onion tops and garlic and cook till tender.  Add water, bay leaf, parsley, salt and pepper.  Boil slowly until sauce is thickened.  Fold crabmeat in carefully, cook slowly turning crabmeat in sauce, trying not to break up large lumps, about  10 minutes.  Put in casserole, sprinkle the top with bread crumbs anda dash of Parmesan cheese.  Bake in oven until bread crumbs are brown or sides are bubbly.

Serves 6