Scalloped Crabs with Mushrooms

Ingredients

• to make two cupfuls of crab meat
• a large spoonful of butter
• a small spoonful of flour
• a cup of hot milk
• salt and red pepper
• the powdered yolks of three hard boiled eggs
• crumbs on top
• bits of butter

Method

1. 1

   Cut crabs and mushrooms into pieces.

2. 2

   Heat butter and onion, stir in flour, then add hot milk.

3. 3

   Season and mix with yolks and crab meat.

4. 4

   Fill shells, top with crumbs and butter, bake, squeeze lemon juice over, and serve.

As published

This recipe was extracted from The complete cook book (1900) by Rees, Jennie Day Mrs., page 19. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

SCALLOPED CRABS WITH MUSHROOMS. Cut crabs and "mushrooms into pieces of equal size, to make two cupfuls of crab meat. Heat a large spoon- ful of butter and the juice of an onion in a frying pan and stir to a roux with a small spoonful of flour. Take from the fire and work into a cup of hot milk. Season with salt and red pepper; add the powdered yolks of three hard boiled eggs and the crab meat. Lastly, stir in the mushrooms ; fill the crab shells with the mixture, sift crumbs on top, sticking bits of butter

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