Cherub Crab Croquettes - cooking recipe

Ingredients

3 Tbsp. butter
4 Tbsp. all-purpose flour
1 c. milk
1 1/2 lb. backfin crab meat
1/4 c. chopped parsley
1/4 c. grated onion
1/4 c. fresh lemon juice
2 eggs
1 Tbsp. Worcestershire sauce
1 tsp. pepper
2 dashes hot pepper sauce
1/4 tsp. dry mustard
3 eggs
2 tsp. salt
bread crumbs
fat for deep frying

Preparation

Melt the butter in a small pan; add the flour and cook over low heat.
Add the milk and cook until the mixture thickens.
Set aside.
Mix the crab meat with the parsley, onion, lemon juice, 2 eggs, Worcestershire sauce, pepper, hot pepper sauce and dry mustard.
Add the cooled cream sauce and shape into 3-inch long croquettes.
Beat 3 eggs and salt together in a bowl.
Dip each croquette in bread crumbs, then in beaten eggs and then in bread crumbs again.
Fry in deep fat at 375\u00b0 until brown.
Makes 1 dozen croquettes.