Ingredients

• 1/4 lb. Butter
• 1 small Onion, chopped finely
• 3 shallots
• 3 cups crabmeat
• 3 cups stale french bread or
• 1/2 cup Bread and 1/2 cup Cornbread
• 1 Tbsp. Prepared French Mustard
• 2 Eggs beaten
• 1/4 tsp. pepper
• 1 1/2 tsp. salt
• 1 Bay leaf
• 1 sprig of thyme
• 2 Tbsp. Parsley, finely chopped
• 2 hard boiled eggs, diced very fine
• 1 cup Bread Crumbs

Method

1. Saute onions and shallots in butter or margarine until light brown. Add crabmeat and bread that has been soaked in water and squeezed out (if cornbread is used, it need not be soaked, only crumbled). Add salt, pepper, bay leaf, thyme, mustard and parsley. Stir to blend.
2. Remove from heat; mix in egg.
3. Fill crab shell or individual ramekins with mix.
4. Melt butter and blend with bread crumbs. Top each with buttered bread crumbs. Sprinkle with a small amount of paprika.
5. Bake in 350 degree oven for 20 minutes or until well heated and brown.