To Dress Crab

Ingredients

• Two or three shallots
• a little parsley
• one ounce of butter
• a teacup of broth (or water)
• one tablespoon of best sweet oil
• one glass of sherry
• the juice of half a lemon
• cayenne pepper
• salt to taste

Method

1. 1

   Chop shallots and parsley fine.

2. 2

   Boil with butter and herbs in broth for a few minutes, then remove herbs.

3. 3

   Add grated roll crumbs, sweet oil, sherry, lemon juice, cayenne, and salt.

4. 4

   Warm the crab in this mixture, then place nicely into the shell, grate over bread crumbs, and brown in the oven.

As published

This recipe was extracted from The new home cook book (1896), page 37. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

TO DEESS CRAB. Mrs. Ella M. Walker. Two or three shalots and a little parsley chopped /ery fine ; one ounce of butter; a bunch of sweet herbs ; a tea- cup of broth (or water); boil a few minutes, and take out the herbs; add the crumbs of a roll finely grated; one tablespoon of best sweet oil ; one glass of sherry ; the juice of half a lemon ; cayenne pepper and salt to taste

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