You will find crab artichoke dip prepared at lots of seafood shops, but it’s mostly cream cheese and spices with just a little bit of crab. This is the dip that you want to be eating and serving!! It is SO good and perfect served on the deck with ice cold glass of white wine or crisp gin and tonic 💫🐚

Serves 8-10

4 oz cream cheese, softened
1/3 cup mayonaise
1 Tablespoon Dijon mustard
2 Tablespoons lemon juice
1 Tablespoon Old Bay seasoning
1/4 cup scallions thinly sliced (white and light green- save the sliced green tops for garnish)
1 clove of garlic, minced or grated
1 14 oz can or artichoke hearts, drained and chopped
1 cup grated Parmesan cheese, divided
8 oz crab meat, picked through for shells (you do not need lump crab meat for this recipe)

Preheat the oven to 375 degrees.

Grease a small baking dish with butter.

Whisk together the cream cheese, mayonnaise, Dijon, lemon juice and Old Bay until smooth. Fold in the scallions, garlic, artichoke hearts, Parmesan cheese and crab. Place mixture into buttered baking dish.

Bake dip for 25 minutes. For an extra brown top, put underneath the broiler an extra minute or two. Let it rest 10 minutes before serving.

Serve with Ritz crackers and cucumber slices.