posted 04-24-2003 01:30 PM ET(US)
for 6 to eight persons,you need:
2 boxes of crab (if you prefere you can replace it by 2 lobsters).
1 small box of gelatine or 2 leaves of gelatine.
3 middle sized tomatoes.
3 hard eggs.
1 glass of fresh cream.
salt,pepper,powder of mustard,cucumber.Mix the gelatine in a cup of 1/4 of cold water.
Put the cup in a bowl of hot water in order to dissolve the gelatine.
Mix in a potted meat,the flesh of the crabs,the peeled tomatoes and delicately hashed,1 table spoon of salt,the hard eggs delicately hashed,1/4 of table spoon of ground white pepper,1 and 1/2 table spoon of powder of mustard.
Add the gelatine.
Put in the refrigerator till all the ingredients to be taken and solid.
Then whip fresh cream then add it to the mixing.
Pour the whole preparation in a charlotte mould and let it freeze.
Serve with some slices of cucumber and with the gin sauce.
The gin sauce:
1 little bowl of mayonnaise.
3 table spoons of tomatoe sauce.
1 table spoon of Worcestershire sauce.
1 table spoon of lemon juice.
1/4 of glass of fresh cream.
2 table spoons of gin.
Mix in a bowl the mayonnaise and the tomato sauce.
Add the worcestershire sauce,the lemon juice,the fresh cream and the gin.
This recipe is one of my favorites.