Can be prepared in 45 minutes or less.

Makes 48 canapés.

INGREDIENTS

  • 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

    DIRECTIONS

    Preheat oven to 400°F.

    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°F. 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.