Crab Pie

The Cookery Book of Lady Clark of Til... · Lady Clark of Tillypronie · 1909

Source: The Cookery Book of Lady Clark of Tillypronie
Time: Cook: 20 min Total: 20 min
Status: success · extracted 12 days ago
Not a recipe: No

Ingredients (7)

the flesh of claws and body ↝ Imitation crab meat [Fish]
half a tea-cupful of bread-crumbs ↝ Bread, crumbs, dry, grated, seasoned [Baked Products]
a little salt ↝ Salt, table, iodized [Spices and Herbs]
pepper ↝ Spices, pepper, black [Spices and Herbs]
fresh butter ↝ Butter, stick, unsalted [Dairy and Egg Products]
more bread-crumbs ↝ Bread, crumbs, dry, grated, seasoned [Baked Products]
tiny specks of butter ↝ Butter, stick, unsalted [Dairy and Egg Products]

Instructions (9)

Boil crabs in boiling water.
Pick out all the flesh of claws and body.
Clean the shell nicely.
Take half a tea-cupful of bread-crumbs, a little salt, pepper, and fresh butter.
Add the crab-meat and mix all well together.
Replace the mixture in the shell.
Cover with more bread-crumbs.
Put tiny specks of butter here and there on the top.
Brown before the fire for about 20 minutes.

Original Text

“Crab Pie.” (Mrs. Young.)
See Appendix as to boiling Crabs.
Boil it in boiling water, pick out all the flesh of claws and body, and clean the shell nicely. Take half a tea-cupful of bread-crumbs, a little salt, pepper, and fresh butter; add the crab-meat, and mix all well together, and replace in shell; cover with more bread-crumbs and put tiny specks of butter here and there on the top.
Brown before the fire—about 20 minutes will do it.

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