Crab Forcemeat

Name: Crab Forcemeat (Quenelles des Crabes)
Cuisine: United States
Ingredients: An Onion; A Tablespoonful of Butter; A Tablespoonful of Flour; ¼ Pint of Water, or Oyster Liquor; The Meat of 12 Crabs; A Clove of Garlic; 12 Mushrooms (If Desired); The Yolks of 3 Eggs; ½ Teaspoonful of Salt; A Teaspoonful of White Pepper; A Dash of Cayenne

Quenelles des Crabes

Preparation info

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

The Picayune's Creole Cook Book

By The Times Picayune Publishing Company

Published 1901

About

Ingredients

The Meat of 12 Crabs
An Onion
A Tablespoonful of Butter

Americas
United States
Pescatarian
Spicy
New Orleans

Method

Chop the onion very fine and fry in one tablespoonful of butter until a golden brown; then add a tablespoonful of flour and moisten with a quarter of a pint of water, or oyster liquor, till the sauce beg