Canapes of Crabs

Ingredients

• six slices of bread
• a pat of butter
• 1 teaspoonful of salt
• 1 saltspoonful of cayenne
• 2oz. of butter
• half a medium-sized peeled and very finely-chopped onion
• 2 tablespoonfuls of flour
• 1 gill of broth
• 2oz. of grated Parmesan cheese
• the same quantity of grated Gruyere cheese

Method

1. 1

   Fry bread slices in butter until light brown.

2. 2

   Remove shells from Crabs and pick out the meat.

3. 3

   Season the meat and cook with butter and onion.

4. 4

   Stir in flour and broth, add Crab meat, and cook for 15 minutes.

5. 5

   Let cool.

6. 6

   Prepare a cheese mixture with butter, flour, and cheeses.

7. 7

   Spread Crab forcemeat on toast, place cheese balls on top, and bake for five minutes.

As published

This recipe was extracted from The encyclopædia of practical cookery (1890) by Theodore Francis Garrett, page 506. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

Canapes of Crabs. — (1) Cut from a loaf of bread six slices Bn. thick, trim off the crusts and fry the slices to a light brown in a saute-pan with a pat of butter. Remove the lower shell from the upper of a few good Crabs, and with a pointed knife pick out the meat from body and claws ; place the whole of the meat on a plate, season with 1 teaspoonful of salt and 1 saltspoonful of cayenne, and mince up well. Put loz. of butter in a saucepan with half a medium-sized peeled and very finely-chopped onion, and cook over a moderate fire for a few minutes, but do not let the onion brown. Stir in 2 table- 2 p For details respecting Culinary Processes, Utensils, Sauces, t be., referred to, see under their special heads. 450 TEE ENCYCLOPEDIA OF PRACTICAL COOKERY. Crabs — continued. spoonfuls of flour, then 1 gill of broth, add the Crab-meat, cook, and continue stirring for fifteen minutes longer. Turn the whole out into a basin and let it cool. Put 1 table- spoonful of butter into a saute-pan on a hot stove, mix in 1 table-spoonful of flour, and cook very slowly for three minutes ; add 2oz. of grated Parmesan cheese and the same quantity of grated Gruyere cheese

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