This crab melt is a delicious open faced sandwich made with blue crab meat, artichokes, tomato slices, Parmesan cheese, and topped with melty cheese on your favorite bread.
Ingredients
- 2 cups parmesan cheese , finely grated*
- 1 1/2 cups mayonnaise
- 1/2 cup white onion , finely chopped
- 12 ounces lump crab meat**
- 13 ounces artichokes , drained and finely chopped
- 1/2 cup flat parsley , chopped
- 1/2 teaspoon fine sea salt
- 1/2 teaspoon white pepper
- dash smoked paprika
- 8 slices thick cut bread
- 2 large tomatoes , cut into 16 slices
- 16 slices monterey jack or swiss cheese
- cooking spray
Instruction
- Preheat oven to 400 degrees. Coat a 9×9 baking dish (or similar size) with cooking spray. Set aside.
- Combine Parmesan cheese, mayonnaise, chopped onion, lump crab meat, chopped artichokes, parsley, fine sea salt, white pepper and smoked paprika in a medium bowl. Toss to combine being carful to not break apart crab pieces.
- Transfer mixture to prepared baking dish. Bake for 25 minutes, or until starting to lightly brown.
- Place sourdough bread slices on a rimmed baking sheet. Place under high broil about 4 inches from the heating mechanism for 3-4 minutes or until they brown lightly. Remove.
- Evenly spoon hot crab mixture over each slice of bread, 2 slices of tomato and 2 slices of Monterey Jack cheese.
- Place back under the broiler until cheese melts, approximately 2 minutes, but watch closely considering that broilers vary greatly.
- Serve open face and hot.
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