Deviled Crabs

Ingredients

• 6 crabs
• Vz cup cream
• 1 hard-boiled egg
• Salt
• cayenne
• 2 tablespoons butter
• V4 teaspoon sweet marjoram
• Grated nutmeg
• Cracker dust
• 1 raw egg

Method

1. 1

   Put the crabs into hot water; add salt and boil for thirty minutes.

2. 2

   Cut the meat into small pieces; add the hard-boiled egg, cream, butter and seasoning and cook for a few minutes over a hot fire, thickening the mixture with cracker dust.

3. 3

   Fill the shells; dip them in the raw egg, beaten; then in cracker crumbs; place in a hot oven or drop into boiling fat and fry until brown.

Nutrition per serving

Estimated from matched ingredients across 3 servings.

As published

This recipe was extracted from The Institute cook book (1913) by Helen Cramp, page 25. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

DEVILED CRABS 6 crabs Vz cup cream 1 hard-boiled egg Salt and cayenne 2 tablespoons butter V4 teaspoon sweet marjoram Grated nutmeg Cracker dust 1 raw egg

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