Crab Delight

Ingredients

• 2 tablespoons chopped green pepper
• 2 tablespoons butter
• 2 tablespoons flour
• 1 cup strained tomatoes
• 2/3 cup scalded milk
• 1/2 teaspoon dry mustard
• 1/4 teaspoon Worcestershire sauce
• pinch of cayenne pepper
• 1 egg, slightly beaten
• 1 cup flaked crabmeat

Method

1. 1

   Brown green peppers in butter; add flour.

2. 2

   Mix until smooth and combine seasonings, tomatoes, cheese, and egg.

3. 3

   Add to first mixture.

4. 4

   Cook over hot water for 10 minutes, stirring constantly while slowly adding milk.

5. 5

   Add crabmeat and heat thoroughly.

6. 6

   Serve in patty shells or on toast rounds.

As published

This recipe was extracted from Seafood cookery from Carteret County kitchens (1900) by N.C.) Home Demonstration Clubs (Carteret County, page 7. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

/2 teaspoon dry mustard 3 ounces cream cheese /2 teaspoon baking powder 3 tablespoons butter 1 egg, separated /2 teaspoon Worcestershire sauce Pimiento 1 tablespoon cream Cream the cheeses and butter. Add next five ingredients. Mix well. Add egg yolk. When thoroughly blended, fold in stiffly beaten egg white. Yellow food coloring may be added for extra tint. To make pastry shells, use your favorite pastry recipe for double crust. This will make about 100 shells. Roll, cut in circles, and fit over back of toy muffin tins. Bake in 375 degree oven for approximately 9 minutes or until lightly browned. The crab and cheese mixture can be made the day before serving. Pastry shells may be baked then, or baked farther in advance and frozen. Fill the baked shells with deviled crab mixture and top generously with cheese mixture. Put a small square of pimiento ‘on each. Just before serving, slip filled pastries under the broiler until they are puffed and slightly brown, about three minutes. Mrs. Henry J. McGee, Jr. Sound View Club 21 CRAB DELIGHT 2 tablespoons chopped green 2 tablespoons butter pepper 2 tablespoons flour 1 cup strained tomatoes 1 cup grated cheese 2/3 cup scalded milk 1/4 teaspoon salt Y) teaspoon dry mustard Y% teaspoon Worcestershire sauce pinch of cayenne pepper 1 egg, slightly beaten 1 cup flaked crabmeat

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