Buttered Crab

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Buttered Crab

Buttered Crab is a traditional English recipe (from Cornwall) for a classic starter of crab meat, anchovy fillets, white wine and butter that's boiled together and served hot on toast. The full recipe is presented here and I hope you enjoy this classic English version of: Cornish Store Cake.

prep time

20 minutes

cook time

20 minutes

Total Time:

40 minutes

Serves:

Rating:

Tags : Bread Recipes British Recipes English Recipes Cornish Recipes

Ingredients:

2 large boiled crabs
2 anchovy fillets
90g white breadcrumbs
pinch of freshly-grated nutmeg
300ml white wine
3 tbsp butter
salt and freshly-ground black pepper, to taste
hot, buttered, toast, to serve

Method:

Mash the anchovy fillets in a bowl then mix with the breadcrumbs and nutmeg. Add the wine, mix thoroughly then turn into a saucepan and bring to a boil. Reduce to a simmer and cook for 5 minutes.

In the meantime, open the crabs, remove and flake all the white meats. Mix the crab meat with the butter then add this mixture to the hot wine and breadcrumb mix. Continue cooking the mixture gently for 4 minutes turn out onto a warmed serving dish. Garnish with strips of hot buttered toast and serve immediately.