PEPPERY
STUFFED CRAB
la Hotel des Bains |
| INGREDIENTS |
| 1
Pound Crab Meat (White & Claw Mixed) |
6-8
Empty hard shell crab shells |
| 2
Tbs. Strained Lime Juice |
4
Tbs. Melted Butter |
| 3
Dashes Angostura Bitters |
1
Tbs. Chives |
| 2
Tbs. Lean Bacon, Minced Fine |
1
Cup Cream |
| 4
Dashes Tabasco Sauce |
Salt
and Pepper to Taste |
| 1/2
Cup Fine Bread Crumbs |
3
Slices of soft Bread |
| INSTRUCTIONS |
| Figure
two parts crab meat to one part soft bread. Moisten
bread with cream and bitters mix. Saute garlic,
shallots and pepper, with bacon. Mix everything
thoroughly, stuff shells previously coated with
olive oil. Cover with fine bread crumbs, dot with
butter or olive oil, brown around 375 Fahrenheit.
Seasoning is always to taste, of course; but these
are better if a little peppery. |