Crab Sauce
Crab Sauce
Ingredients
- 4 cups (1 litre) crab shells, roughly chopped (see note)
- 1 onion, chopped
- 1 garlic clove, chopped
- 6 tbsp (85 g) butter
- 2 tbsp (30 ml) tomato paste
- 1 tbsp (15 ml) Worcestershire sauce
- ½ cup (125 ml) white wine
- 1 ¼ cups (310 ml) veal broth
- 1 ¼ cups (310 ml) chicken broth, cold
- 4 tsp corn starch
Instructions
- In a large saucepan over high heat, sauté the crab shells, onion and garlic in 2 tbsp of the butter for 5 minutes. Add the tomato paste and cook for 1 minute while stirring. Deglaze with the Worcestershire sauce, wine, veal broth and 1 cup (250 ml) of the chicken broth. Bring to a boil. Cover and simmer for 15 minutes. Strain the sauce through a sieve and into a small saucepan. Compost the crab shells and the aromatics.
- Meanwhile, in a small bowl, dissolve the corn starch in the remaining ¼ cup (60 ml) of chicken broth.
- Whisk the corn starch mixture into the sauce. Bring to a boil and reduce the sauce for 2 minutes. Remove from the heat. Whisk in the remaining ¼ cup (55 g) of butter.
Crab Sauce