Warren Leruth'S New Orleans Style Crabmeat St. Francis

• Sauce ingredients
• 1/8 cup margarine
• 2 green onions, sliced
• 1/2 medium onion, coarsely chopped
• 2 inner celery ribs, bottom 2 inches only, coarsely chopped
• 1 bay leaf
• 1/2 teaspoon thyme leaves (dried)
• 1/4 teaspoon celery seed
• 1/4 teaspoon white pepper
• 1 pinch cayenne
• 3/4 teaspoon salt
• 1/4 teaspoon Accent seasoning (so, if you are anti-Accent, just omit it!)
• 1/2 cup evaporated milk
• 3 tablespoons flour
• Topping
• 1/2 cup breadcrumbs
• 3 tablespoons grated parmesan cheese
• 1/2 teaspoon hot paprika
• Plus
• 1 lb lump crabmeat
• 1/4 cup margarine, melted

1. Heat the margarine in a saucepan until it bubbles. Add all the sauce ingredients except the milk and flour, and saute until the vegetables are well browned and sticking a little bit to the pan. Remove from heat and set aside for 15 minutes.
2. After 15 minutes, add the evaporated milk and 3/4 cup of water to the saucepan and bring to a boil, stirring lightly.
3. While the boil is coming up, whisk the flour into 3 oz. of water. After the pan comes to a boil, stir the flour-water mixture slowly into the other ingredients. Simmer for three minutes, until the sauce is thick.
4. Spoon the sauce into a pan and refrigerate overnight.
5. To complete the dish, preheat the oven to 425 F degrees. Mix the bread crumbs, Parmesan cheese, and paprika together.
6. Put about 3 oz. crabmeat into a scallop shell or small au gratin dish. Top with 5 oz. of the chilled sauce, then sprinkle with the bread crumb mixture.
7. Bake at 425 F degrees until the crumbs brown and the sides of the dish begin to bubble--20-25 minutes.
8. Remove from the oven and top each with 1 teaspoon melted margarine.
9. Serve very hot.

margarine, green onions, onion, celery, bay leaf, thyme, celery, white pepper, cayenne, salt, accent seasoning, milk, flour, topping, breadcrumbs, parmesan cheese, hot paprika, lump crabmeat, margarine

Taken from www.food.com/recipe/warren-leruths-new-orleans-style-crabmeat-st-francis-386177 (may not work)