CRAB SAUCE FOR FISH

The Book of Household Management · Beeton, Mrs. (Isabella Mary) · 1861

Source: The Book of Household Management
Time: Cook: 2 min Total: 2 min
Status: success · extracted 13 days ago
Not a recipe: No

Ingredients (5)

1 crab ↝ Crustaceans, crab, dungeness, raw [Finfish and Shellfish Products]
salt, pounded mace, and cayenne to taste ↝ Salt, table, iodized [Spices and Herbs]
salt, pounded mace, and cayenne to taste ↝ Spices, mace, ground [Spices and Herbs]
salt, pounded mace, and cayenne to taste ↝ Peppers, raw, NFS [Other vegetables and combinations]
1/2 pint of melted butter made with milk (see No. 380) ↝ Butter, stick, unsalted [Dairy and Egg Products]

Instructions (3)

Choose a nice fresh crab, pick all the meat away from the shell, and cut it into small square pieces.
Make 1/2 pint of melted butter by recipe No. 380, put in the fish and seasoning; let it gradually warm through, and simmer for 2 minutes.
It should not boil.

Original Text

CRAB SAUCE FOR FISH (equal to Lobster Sauce).

396. INGREDIENTS.—1 crab; salt, pounded mace, and cayenne to taste; 1/2 pint of melted butter made with milk (see No. 380).

Mode.—Choose a nice fresh crab, pick all the meat away from the shell, and cut it into small square pieces. Make 1/2 pint of melted butter by recipe No. 380, put in the fish and seasoning; let it gradually warm through, and simmer for 2 minutes. It should not boil.

Average cost, 1s. 2d.

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