Bowl-'Em-Over Salad

* Exported from MasterCook *

Bowl-'Em-Over Salad

Recipe By : Betty Crocker's Merry Makings
Serving Size : 1 Preparation Time :0:00
Categories : Fish & Seafood Salads

Amount Measure Ingredient -- Preparation Method
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1/2 cup water
1/4 cup butter
1/2 cup flour
1/8 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon caraway seed -- up to 1 teaspoon
2 eggs
---Crabmeat Salad---
1 cup crabmeat -- chopped
1 cup diced celery
1 cup lettuce hearts -- cut in small pieces
1 teaspoon lemon juice
1 teaspoon onion -- finely minced
salt -- to taste
paprika -- to taste
mayonnaise
tomato wedges
lemon wedges
hard-boiled egg -- sliced
ripe olives

Heat oven to 400. Heat water and butter to boil in saucepan. Stir in flour, sal
t and caraway seeds at once. Stir vigorously over low heat until mixture leaves
sides of pan and forms a ball, about 1 min. Remove from heat. Cool. slightly a
bout 10 min . Add eggs, one at a time, beating until smooth and velvety after e
ach addition. Spread batter evenly in bottom of greased glass 9" pie pan. (Have
batter touching sides of pan, but do not spread up sides.) Bake 45 to 50 minut
es. Cool slowly away from drafts. (The puff will form a bowl - high on sides an
d flat in center. Fill with Crabmeat Salad.

Crabmeat Salad:
Mix lightly crabmeat, celery, lettuce hearts, lemon juice, onion, salt and papr
ika. Chill. Just before serving, toss with mayonnaise to moisten. Heap in salad
bowl. Garnish with tomatos, lemons, eggs and olives.

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