Deviled Crabs Recipe
Instructions
Boil live crabs 20 minutes, or use canned crabs, remove meat from shell, saving 6 good shells. Cook 2 tbsps. minced onion or shallot in 1 of butter, add 2 tbsps. of flour; when bubbling add 1 cup hot cream. When thick take from heat, strain, and add 2 hard-cooked eggs chopped fine, 3 or 4 sliced mushrooms, 1 raw yolk beaten with 1/2 teasp. each, salt, mustard, and Worcestershire, 2 drops Tabasco and 1 tbsp. of tarragon vinegar. Fill shells and cover with buttered crumbs and bake 5 minutes.