Uncle Bills Special Crab Recipes

CRAB AND SHRIMP AU GRATIN

Steps:

• Combine flour, salt, pepper, and 1 cup of milk. Stir until smooth. Combine cheese spread and remaining milk in top of a double boiler, cook over hot water until cheese melts. Add flour mixture and hot sauce to cheese mixture, stir until smooth. Add shrimp and crabmeat. Pour into a greased 1 1/2 quart casserole dish and top with shredded cheese. Bake at 350 degrees for 20 minutes. Serve over hot cooked rice.

UNCLE BILL'S BEEF ROAST IN A SLOW COOKER

Steps:

• Heat olive oil on medium-high heat in a heavy bottom frying pan.
• Sear and brown roast on all sides.
• Let roast cook for a few minutes.
• Using a narrow sharp paring knife, punch holes in the roast at various intervals to about 1 1/2 inches in depth.
• Stuff each hole with one piece of bacon and one piece of garlic, push down into the cut.
• Place roast in a slow cooker set on low heat.
• Add water, bits and pieces mushrooms including liquid, and mushroom soup.
• Sprinkle onion soup mix over the roast.
• Now add salt, pepper.
• Remove the outer skin from the onions and add to the crock pot.
• Add baby carrots, whole potatoes, fresh mushrooms and red wine.
• Cover and cook on low heat for 5 hours, turning the roast at least 4 times during cooking.
• At the end of 5 hours, add celery, cover and continue to cook until the time reaches 6 hours.
• Cut or slice the beef and serve with veggies and the tasty gravy that is cooked.
• A nice piece of Italian bread or sour dough bread goes very nicely to dip into the gravy.

UNCLE BILL'S SPECIAL CRANBERRY SAUCE

Steps:

• Wash the cranberries thoroughly in cold water. If using frozen cranberries, thaw first.
• In a medium size saucepan, add cranberries, orange juice, water, sugar, orange-pineapple marmalade, cinnamon stick, nutmeg, lemon zest and orange zest.
• Bring mixture to boil.
• Reduce heat and simmer for about 10 minutes or until most of the cranberries pop, stirring occasionally.
• When cooked, discard cinnamon stick.
• Let cool and then store in a glass container with lid or a dish covered with plastic wrap.
• Keep refrigerated.
• Use as required.
• NOTE: If desired, add 1 1/2 ounces of Light Bacardi Rum when cooking the sauce.
• This is for ADULTS only who accept liquor.
• This gives the cranberry sauce a whole new taste. This is YUM, YUMMY good.

UNCLE BILL'S CAESAR - CANADIAN STYLE

Steps:

• Rub lemon around rim of glass.
• Measure celery salt to a flat saucer.
• Turn glass in celery salt to coat rim.
• To the glass, add Vodka, Worcestershire sauce, lemon juice, horseradish, Clamato juice, Tabasco sauce and stir well to blend.
• Place a young stick of celery, pickled bean or pickled asparagus as a garnish and it is good to chew on.
• Eat and drink slowly.
• Note: A pickled spicy bean or an pickled asparagus spear are also excellent for a garnish in the drink.
• Mott's Clamato juice is available in regular or spicy mix.