For the Grits:
˝ C tomato sauce
3 C water
4 T butter
1 T Old Bay Spice
1 C grits*
1 T cream
Spray Dutch oven or very large saucepan with PAM.
Add tomato sauce, water, butter and Old Bay Spice and bring to a boil.
Stir in grits and allow to simmer about fifteen to twenty minutes until grits are tender.
Stir in cream. Turn off heat.
*(Note: we use only stone ground grits since they offer a better texture)
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For the Crab:
1 stick butter
˝ Cup diced red pepper or
1 4 oz. Jar dice pimentos
1 C diced celery
1 T Old Bay Spice
1 Lb. Fresh lump crab meat
2 T capers
Juice of ˝ lemon
Melt butter in small frying pan.
Add pepper (or pimentos), celery, and Old Bay Spice and sauté until celery is tender crisp.
In mixing bowl, mix crab, capers and lemon.
When peppers and celery are done, add to crab mixture.
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