Crabmeat Deviled Eggs - cooking recipe

Ingredients
    12 hard-boiled eggs, shelled and cut in half lengthwise
    3 tablespoons mayonnaise (not that Miracle Whip stuff)
    2 tablespoons fresh lemon juice
    1/4 teaspoon salt
    1/4 teaspoon fresh ground black pepper or 1/8 teaspoon fresh ground white pepper
    1/8 - 1/4 teaspoon hot sauce (Tabasco)
    1/2 lb lump crabmeat, picked over for shells and cartilage
    1 tablespoon chopped fresh chives or 1 tablespoon chopped green onion
    1 ounce black caviar, such as beluga, osetra, sevruga or 1 ounce red salmon roe
    paprika, for sprinkling
Preparation
    Remove the egg yolks from the whites and put in a medium-size mixing bowl.
    Using the back of a fork, mash the eggs and then add mayonnaise, lemon juice, salt, black or white pepper, hot sauce and chives or green onions.
    Stir with a fork to mix.
    Add the crabmeat and stir gently to mix.
    Spoon equal amounts of the mixture unto the egg white halves.
    Chill the eggs for 2 hours before serving.
    To serve, garnish with caviar, if desired.
    Sprinkle with paprika.

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