Oyster Crab Canapes, Savoy Style

Ingredients

• slices of bread j4 inch thick
• 12 fresh mushrooms
• 1 pint of picked and well washed oyster crabs
• 1 gill of thick cream sauce
• 2 or 3 egg yolks
• butter
• bake them in a medium oven for about 10 minutes

Method

1. 1

   From a sandwich loaf cut slices of bread 1/4 inch thick, then with a round pastry cutter (2 inches in diameter) cut out some crusts, scoop them out on one side (so as to form a cavity) and fry in butter to a light color.

2. 2

   Chop fine 12 fresh mushrooms, cook them in butter until all their moisture has been rendered, add 1 pint of picked and well washed oyster crabs, moisten with a dash of sherry, and cook for a few minutes; then add 1 gill of thick cream sauce, bind with 2 or 3 egg yolks, season and put away to get cold.

3. 3

   Fill the crusts with the oyster crab preparation.

4. 4

   Choose some fresh mushrooms of the same size as the crusts, cook them in butter, fill also with the oyster crabs and set one mushroom on each crust, the mushroom top uppermost.

5. 5

   Place the canapes in a buttered pan and bake them in a medium oven for about 10 minutes.

As published

This recipe was extracted from "Dainty dishes" (1903) by Adolphe Meyer, page 7. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

Oyster Crab Canapes^ Savoy Style. From a sandwich loaf cut slices of bread j4 inch thick, then with a round pastry cutter (2 inches in di- ameter) cut out some crusts, scoop them out on one side (so as to form a cavity) and fry in butter to a light color. Chop fine 12 fresh mushrooms (the tails will answer for this purpose), cook them in butter until all their moisture has been rendered, add i pint of picked and well washed oyster crabs, moisten with a dash of sherry, and cook for a few minutes; then add I gill of thick cream sauce, bind with 2 or 3 eg^ yolks, season and put away to get cold. Fill the crusts with the oyster crab preparation. Choose some fresh mushrooms of the same size as the crusts, cook them in butter, fill also with the oyster crabs and set one mushroom on each crust, the mush- room top uppermost. Place the canapes in a buttered pan and bake them in a medium oven for about 10 minutes

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