Deviled Crabs
ORIGINAL RECIPE FOR YBOR CITY DEVILED CRAB
From The Gasparilla Cookbook

 

Croquette Dough:
3 Loaves Stale American Bread - 2000 Calories
1 Loaf Stale Cuban Bread (grind very fine, sift.) - 1000 Calories
1 Level Tablespoon Paprika - FREE
1 Teaspoon Salt - FREE

 

Remove crust from 3 loaves bread and discard crust.  Soak remainder of bread in water 15 minutes.   Drain water and squeeze until almost dry.   Add the sifted Cuban bread gradually until you have dough.   Add paprika and salt and mix thoroughly.   Form dough into ball and put in the refrigerator for approximately 2 hours.

 

Crabmeat Filling:
5 Tablespoons Oil - 500 Calories
3 Onions, Finely Chopped - FREE
1/2 Red or Green Bell Pepper, Finely Chopped - FREE
4 Cloves Garlic, Mashed or Chopped Fine - FREE
1 Level Teaspoon Crushed Red Hot Pepper (Italian Style) - FREE
2 Bay Leaves - FREE
1/2 Teaspoon Sugar - FREE
1 Level Teaspoon Salt - FREE
1 6 oz. Can Tomato Paste - FREE
1 Pound Fresh Crabmeat (Claws),  Picked Over and Shredded - 400 Calories

 

Fry very slowly in oil, the onions, bell pepper, garlic, crushed hot peppers for 15 minutes.   Add bay leaves, sugar, salt and the tomato paste.  Stir, then cover and cook 15 minutes at low heat. Add crabmeat and cook for 10 minutes, uncover, put on platter in refrigerator for 2 hrs.

 

Take about 3 tablespoons of the bread dough and press in your hand; put in a tablespoon of crab filling, then seal like a croquette with two pointed ends. Dip into the following mixture: 2 eggs, well beaten with 1/2 cup milk, salt, and dash of black pepper. Mix 1 cup cracker meal and 1/2 cup flour. Roll croquettes first in the cracker-flour mixture, then in the eggs, and again in the cracker-flour mixture. Put in refrigerator for 2 hrs. Fry in deep fat until brown. Make miniature size for parties.

 

Each 3 oz. Deviled Crab is 200 Calories

 

 

 

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