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• Recipe Overview
• Ingredients
• Processes - Utensils
• Instructions

• Cuisine

  European >> French >> French

• Dietary Style

• Source

  Genius Kitchen(food.com)

| 1. Melt 1 pound of butter in a sauté pan or skillet over low heat. | 2. Add the crabmeat and cook slowly, stirring very gently, just until hot, about 5 to 8 minutes; set aside and keep warm. | 3. To prepare the brandy cream sauce, melt the butter over low heat in a saucepan. | 4. Stir in the flour gradually, cook for about 3 minutes, and then gradually pour in the milk, continue stirring. | 5. Cook over low heat until the sauce thickens, and then add the salt, pepper and brandy. | 6. Continue to cook for about 5 minutes or until the sauce is medium thick. | 7. To poach the eggs, bring the water and the vinegar to a boil in a large skillet or sauté pan. | 8. Keeping the water at a continuous low rolling boil, crack the eggs one by one into it. | 9. Cook until the egg whites are firm, about 4 minutes. | 10. Lift the poached eggs out of the water with a slotted spoon, allowing the water to drain back into the pan. | 11. Place them on a heated platter while you assemble the dishes. | 12. Place 3 ounces of crabmeat on each of 8 heated plates, and then place 2 poached eggs side by side on the crab meat. | 13. Ladle the sauce evenly over the portions. | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------

Estimated Nutritional Profile for Ingredients

Ingredient Name	Quantity	Unit	State	Energy (kcal)	Carbohydrates	Protein (g)	Total Lipid (Fat) (g)
butter	1	lb	unsalted	1368.0	62.856	42.744	115.2
backfin crab meat	1 1/2	lb		605.2014	0.0	134.6403	3.4
butter	1	cup	melted unsalted	1368.0	62.856	42.744	115.2
flour	1 1/4	cups		722.85	158.2567	11.7512	2.8045
milk	40	fluid		-	-	-	-
salt substitute	3/4	teaspoon		605.2014	0.0	134.6403	3.4
black pepper	1/4	teaspoon		1.4432	0.3677	0.0597	0.0187
brandy	2	fluid		605.2014	0.0	134.6403	3.4
egg	16			1144.0	5.76	100.48	76.08
water	3	quarts		-	-	-	-
white vinegar	24	fluid		-	-	-	-

- Means that suitable USDA nutrition profile could not be mapped for this ingredient-unit combination.