Categories: Dips, cheese balls, spreads

Ingredients

• 1/2 lb. fresh lump crabmeat
• 1 (8 oz.) pkg. cream cheese, softened
• 1 garlic clove, pressed
• 1 tsp. Worcestershire sauce
• 1 tsp. minced fresh chives
• 1 tsp. minced fresh parsley
• 1 1/2tsp. Old Bay seasoning

Directions

1. Drain crabmeat, removing any bits of shell.
2. Beat cream cheese and next 5 ingredients at medium speed with an electric mixer until smooth. Gently stir in crabmeat. Cover and chill 8 hours. Serve with toasted baguette slices.

3. makes 1 2/3 cups

4. For Best-Ever Catfish Spread, substitute 1/2 lb. catfish fillets for crabmeat. Sprinkle fish with 1/4 tsp. salt and 1/4 tsp. pepper. Place on a lightly greased broiler pan, and bake at 350 degrees for 20 minutes or until fish flakes easily with fork. Cool, break into 1/2-inch pieces, and prepare spread as directed.

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