Scalloped Crab

Ingredients

• The flesh of 1 crab
• 1 pt. white sauce
• Cayenne and salt
• Cayenne and salt
• Butter
• Juice of 1/2 a lemon
• Breadcrumbs

Method

1. 1

   Pick the flesh from the crab, mix with white sauce, cayenne, salt, and lemon.

2. 2

   Put into scalloped shells or patty pans, cover with breadcrumbs and butter, and bake until brown.

As published

This recipe was extracted from Mrs. Maclurcan's cookery book (1899) by H. Maclurcan, page 22. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

SCALLOPED CEAB. The flesh of 1 crab J pt. white sauce Cayenne and salt Breadcrumbs Butter Juice of J a lemon Mode. — Pick the flesh from the crab, mix with a cupful of white sauce, cayenne and salt to taste, and a • little lemon ; put into the scalloped shells or patty pans, cover with breadcrumbs and a little butter, and bake until brown, or brown with salamander. Crabs, I07~CEAB MAYONNAISE. 1 crab 1 lettuce A cupful mayonnaise And garnishing 2 hard-boiled eggs Eew capers. Mode. — Pick the crab, put into the centre of a salad bowl, then fill around with broken lettuce, not too small. Pour over the mayonnaise (recipe found among the salad dressings), chop up a couple of hard-boiled eggs and a few capers, and sprinkle over the top. 108_CEAB QUENELLES. Flesh of 1 crab 2 ozs. butter 2 ozs. breadcrumbs 1 tablespoonful of anchovy 4 eggs sauce A little cayenne Juice of J a lemon

Cook this with the app: pantry check, scaling, and the assistant.