CRAB BALLS RECIPE
2 cans (6 to 7 ounces each) crabmeat
2 cups dry bread crumbs
2 tablespoons fresh lemon juice
2 tablespoons finely minced onion
1 tablespoon dry mustard
1/4 to 1/3 dry white wine
1 pound bacon
1.
Pick over crabmeat and remove any shell or cartilage.
2.
In medium bowl, combine crabmeat, bread crumbs, lemon juice, minced
onion, mustard, and
enough wine to moisten the mixture. Mix thoroughly and shape into
walnut-size balls.
3.
Cut bacon slices in half crosswise and wrap each crabmeat ball in a
half slice of bacon, coverin
g crab mixture completely. Secure bacon to crab balls with toothpicks.
4.
Broil on a rack in middle of oven about 15 minutes, turning frequently,
or until bacon is crispy
on all sides. Makes about 40 appetizer crab balls.
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