Crabmeat Aspic Recipe by Ruth Paget
Serves 4
Ingredients:
-1 (1-ounce) envelope unflavored gelatin
-1/2 cup cold water
-1/2 cup hot water
-1/2 cup Miracle Whip
-3 tablespoons lemon juice
-1/4 cup chili sauce
-1 teaspoon salt
-1 cup flaked crabmeat
-lettuce for decorating
-1/4 cup crabmeat for decorating
Steps:
1-Soften gelatin in cold water. When gelatin is soft, dissolve it in hot water. Cool gelatin.
2-Combine Miracle Whip, lemon juice, chili sauce, and salt.
3-Gradually add gelatin to the Miracle Whip mixture. Blend thoroughly.
4-Chill gelatin mixture until slightly thickened. Fold flaked crabmeat into the gelatin and blend well. Pour gelatin into 4 individual mold and chill until firm.
5-Unmold gelatin onto lettuce leaves on plates. Garnish gelatin molds with crabmeat pieces and watercress, if desired.
Source: Rose Pennington – circa 1950s
By Ruth Paget, author Eating Soup with Chopsticks and Marrying France
