Shelly's Recipe

CRAB-MEAT PARMESAN CANAPES

Category: Bruschetta, Crostini and Canapes

12 slices homemade-type white bread, crusts discarded and bread cut into 4 triangles
1 cup fresh lump crab meat, picked over
2/3 cup mayonnaise
2/3 cup freshly grated Parmesan cheese
4 scallions, chopped fine
1 teaspoon fresh lemon juice, or to taste

Preheat oven to 400.

Toast bread on a baking sheet in oven until golden, about 5 minutes. In a bowl stir together remaining ingredients with salt and pepper to taste. Toasts and crab-meat mixture may be made 1 day in advance.

Reduce oven to 375. Spread crab-meat mixture on toasts and arrange on baking sheet. Canapés may be assembled 30 minutes in advance. Bake canapés in middle of oven until puffed, about 10 minutes. Makes 48 canapes