Quebecois Crab Custard With Lemon Butter Sauce
- Ready In:
- 1hr 30mins
- Ingredients:
- 13
- Serves:
-
6-8
ingredients
- 1 bunch broccoli, small florets
- 1⁄2 lb crabmeat, trimmed of cartilage (fresh or frozen)
- 3 eggs
- 3⁄4 cup whipping cream
- 3⁄4 cup milk
- 1 pinch salt
- 1 pinch white pepper
- 1 pinch ground nutmeg
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LEMON BUTTER SAUCE
- 1⁄2 cup white wine
- 1 shallot, finely chopped
- 1 cup butter, cut in pieces
- 1⁄4 cup whipping cream
- 1 lemon, juice of
directions
- Cook broccoli florets in boiling salted water just until tender-crisp; drain.
- Generously brush 6 to 8 ramekin or custard cups with melted butter.
- Divide crab meat with broccoli among the ramekins. In a bowl, whisk together the eggs, cream and milk; season with salt, pepper and nutmeg.
- Fill ramekins three-quarters full with the custard and set in a shallow pan of hot water. Oven poach for 1 hour at 325F or until set. (A knife inserted in centre should come out clean.).
- Make Lemon Butter Sauce and pour onto 6 to 8 serving plates. Run a knife around the edge of each ramekin and un mold onto sauce.
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Lemon Butter Sauce:
- In small saucepan, heat wine and chopped shallot.
- Bring to a boil and reduce over medium-high heat until only 2 tablespoons of liquid remain.
- Reduce heat to low and whisk in butter, a few pieces at a time, until sauce is smooth and all the butter is incorporated. Whisk in cream and lemon juice.
- Keep warm in the top of a double boiler set over hot water until serving time.
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RECIPE SUBMITTED BY
Elmotoo
Geneva, New York