Crab Pate

Total Time: 30 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 10 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 1 lb crabmeat, and brown
• 6 ounces unsalted butter
• 4 large egg yolks
• 4 tablespoons double cream
• 3 tablespoons medium sherry or 3 tablespoons madeira wine
• 4 tablespoons parmesan cheese, freshly grated
• 5 drops tabasco sauce
• 1 teaspoon lemon juice (to taste)

Recipe

• 1 melt butter in a saucepan large enough to hold all the ingredients.
• 2 stir in the crab meat.
• 3 heat gently stirring all together.
• 4 beat the egg yolks, cream and sherry together and pour into the crab mixture.
• 5 continue to cook and stir until it thickens.
• 6 keep the heat low.
• 7 add the cheese until it melts and then take off the heat.
• 8 season with tabasco and lemon juice.
• 9 allow to cool
• 10 give the mix a final good stir and put into souffle dish or individual ramekin pots and chill for 6 hours or overnight.