Crab Boil

Photo: flickr user stevendepolo

Ingredients

Water

1 Bouquet garni

cup Crab boil

3 Lemons cut in half

2 Garlic heads slit in half

1 Blue Crab

1 Dungeness Crab

1 Green Shore Crab

1 Stone Crab

1 Common European crab

2 Queen Crab claws

2 Snow Crab claws

2 King or Alaskan claws

Bloody Mary Sauce see * Note

Preparation

Bring a large pot of water to a boil. Add bouquet garni, crab boil, lemons and garlic. Add the largest of the crabs first adding the remainder of the crabs and removing the crabs as they become cooked.

In a sauce pan, melt 1/4 cup of butter with a few peeled garlic cloves. Simmer the butter for 3 to 4 minutes to infuse the garlic into the butter. Remove from the heat and discard the garlic cloves. Serve immediately as a dipping sauce.

Place the crabs on a platter and arrange the sauces around the platter.