Hard-shelled Crabs a la Diable
From The table, 1889
Serves 3
Presented as published in 1889. Historical recipes may not meet modern food-safety standards. Cook from the modern interpretation below, not the original instructions.
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As published
This recipe was extracted from The table (1889) by Alexander Filippini, page 146. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.
Hard-shelled Crabs a la Diable.— Fill six thoroughly cleaned crab-shells with some crab forcemeat (No. 223), flatten them with the hand, besprinkle with fresh bread-crumbs, smooth the surface with the blade of a knife, moistening the top with a very little clarified butter
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