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Crab Meat In Timbale Cases

8 Timbale cases. 2 cups crab meat. 3 tablespoons butter. 3 tablespoons flour.

Yolks 2 eggs. 1 tablespoon onion finely chopped.

Salt, pepper, paprika.

Few grains each cayenne, mustard and nutmeg. 2 cups hot thin cream.

PROCESS: Melt butter in a sauce pan, add onion and cook five minutes without browning, stirring constantly. Add flour and stir until well blended. Add hot cream gradually, continue stirring, add seasoning to taste. Remove from range and add egg yolks slightly beaten. Reheat crab meat in sauce (over hot water). Serve in Swedish Timbales. 1 cup flour. 1½ teaspoon salt. 1 teaspoon sugar.

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