Fish And Seafood
Serves 6
13 ingredients

Ingredients

  • ½ lb 1 cup raw scallops
  • ¼ cup butter
  • 3½ tbsp flour
  • ¼ tsp salt
  • dash pepper
  • ½ cup cream
  • ½ cup milk
  • 1 tsp paprika
  • dash cayenne pepper
  • ½ tsp Worcestershire sauce or sherry to taste
  • 1 cup cleaned canned or cooked shrimp
  • 1 dozen raw oysters, drained
  • 1 cup canned or cooked crab meat

Method

  1. Cook the scallops in 1 cup boiling salted water, covered, 10 minutes; drain.
  2. Melt the butter in a double boiler. Add the flour, salt and pepper; blend well. Slowly add the cream and milk, stirring. Cook over boiling water until thickened, stirring occasionally. Add the paprika and the next 2 ingredients (cayenne, Worcestershire or sherry); blend, cover. Cook 10 minutes over medium heat.
  3. Add the scallops and cleaned shrimp and cook 15 minutes. Add the oysters and crab meat, cook 10 minutes stirring occasionally. (If desired, add a tablespoon or two of Cheese Whiz the last 5 minutes.)

Notes

6 servings. From Thera Berry.

Original card

The recipe above was transcribed from this scan of Vera’s original card.