Crab
Crab Mac & Cheese
The dig-season flex dinner
- 45 min
- Medium
- Serves 4–6
Ingredients
- 3/4 lb picked crab
- 1 lb shells or elbows
- Cheese sauce: butter, flour, milk, gruyère + white cheddar
- 1 tsp Dijon, cayenne pinch
- Buttered panko topping
Method
- Make the cheese sauce; season with Dijon and cayenne.
- Fold in pasta, then the crab off the heat — gently.
- Into a dish, buttered panko over.
- Bake 425°F for 12 minutes until bronzed.
- Rest 5 minutes before serving.
Tip. Fold crab in last and bake short — it is already perfect.
Start with how to clean a razor clam if your clams are still in the shell. Washington's daily limit is the first 15 you dig, so most recipes here are sized for one limit or less.
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