Crab Jam or Jelly
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United Kingdom
Known as a British recipe, with similar versions prepared across other nations.
- Preserving. Old preserving methods may not make food safe to keep. Use current tested guidance.
Ingredients 2 ingredients
Cook safely
Keep children and pets away from the hob and the oven, and keep oven gloves and a lid within reach.
- Boiling water and steam. Turn pan handles inward, away from the edge of the hob. Lift lids away from you, and pour hot water away from your body: steam burns too.
Method
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- Pare and core the crabs ;
- to fifteen pounds of crabs take ten pounds of sugar, moistened with a little water ;
- boil them well, skimming the top.
- When boiled tender, and broke to the con- sistency of jam, pour it into your pans, and let it stand twentyfour hours.
- It is better the second year than the first.
- The crabs should be ripe.
Plating
Cookware for this recipe
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Saucepan