Shrimp Toasts

Ingredients

• 5 rounds of bread
• 1 pint of shelled shrimps
• 2 ozs. of butter
• 1 teaspoonful of anchovy sauce
• 1 tablespoonful of cream
• 1 tablespoonful of bread crumbs
• cayenne to taste

Method

1. 1

   Fry some rounds of bread; take quarter of a pint of shelled shrimps and put them into a saucepan with a little butter, sprinkle in a tablespoonful of flour, add a teaspoonful of anchovy sauce, a little cream and cayenne pepper; mix well together and let it boil two minutes.

2. 2

   Place on the rounds of bread with fried crumbs on the top of each.

As published

This recipe was extracted from Savouries and sweets suitable for luncheons and dinners (1886) by Mary L. Allen, page 10. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

Shrimp Toasts. For Four Persons. — 5 rounds of bread ; \ pint of shelled shrimps ; 2 ozs. of butter ; 1 teaspoonful of anchovy sauce ; 1 tablespoonful of cream ; 1 tablespoonful of bread crumbs ; cayenne to taste

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