{"title":"Cruscana","description":"\u003cp\u003eCruscana make French seafood pâtés in small glass jars: lobster (beurre de homard), shrimp and smoked salmon. They live in the cupboard until you need a canapé in a hurry.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"cruscana-french-lobster-pate","title":"Cruscana French Lobster Pâté 100g","description":"\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eOne 100g glass jar of Cruscana French lobster pâté (beurre de homard), smooth and spreadable\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAmbient: keep it in the cupboard until you open it, then in the fridge. No need to store it chilled\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSpread it on hot toast or blinis, or stir a spoonful into a fish soup or seafood risotto just before serving\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA jar serves two as a starter, or a few more as canapés\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe French call it beurre de homard, lobster butter, but it eats like a smooth lobster pâté, and that's what it is.\u003c\/strong\u003e Lobster makes up 24% of the jar, with milk, butter, a little cod, mustard and a pinch of cayenne for warmth.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCruscana began in 1965, when Denise and Gilbert Jouneau started making shellfish pâtés at home outside Paris, working (so the story goes) from an Escoffier recipe. In the interest of full disclosure: the lobster is the American species, not our native blue. The label says \u003cem\u003espécial toast\u003c\/em\u003e, and we wouldn't argue.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFor more ideas to put out with drinks, see our \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/canapes\"\u003ecanapés\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The Fish Society","offers":[{"title":"Pack \/ 100g","offer_id":65104637657465,"sku":"810488","price":3.8,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0751\/9489\/2598\/files\/beurre-de-homard.jpg?v=1793804543"},{"product_id":"cruscana-smoked-salmon-pate","title":"Cruscana Smoked Salmon Pâté 100g","description":"\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eOne 100g glass jar of Cruscana smoked salmon pâté (beurre de saumon fumé), smooth and spreadable\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAmbient: keep it in the cupboard until you open it, then in the fridge and finish within two days. No need to store it chilled\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSpread on thin toast or rye with a squeeze of lemon, or stir through hot pasta with a splash of the cooking water\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA jar serves two as a starter, or a few more as canapés\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe French call it beurre de saumon fumé, smoked salmon butter, but it's a smooth smoked salmon pâté: a third smoked salmon by weight, blended with milk and butter and seasoned with paprika.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWe'll be honest: with a side of smoked salmon, a blender and some cream cheese you could make something like this yourself. The point of the jar is that it waits in the cupboard, unrefrigerated and unbothered, for the evening someone turns up with a bottle and there's nothing to put out. It's made by the family firm Denise and Gilbert Jouneau started outside Paris in 1965 (crackers not included).\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePut it out with its stablemates, the \u003ca href=\"\/products\/cruscana-french-lobster-pate\"\u003elobster\u003c\/a\u003e and \u003ca href=\"\/products\/cruscana-french-shrimp-pate\"\u003eshrimp\u003c\/a\u003e pâtés, and you have a canapé board in three lids. If you'd rather have the salmon in slices, our \u003ca href=\"\/products\/fishrjumpin-smoked-scottish-salmon\"\u003eFishRJumpin smoked salmon\u003c\/a\u003e is long-sliced and ready to lay out.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The Fish Society","offers":[{"title":"Pack \/ 100g","offer_id":65104638280057,"sku":"810489","price":3.8,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0751\/9489\/2598\/files\/Gemini_Generated_Image_2iba5i2iba5i2iba_1.jpg?v=1793972021"},{"product_id":"cruscana-french-shrimp-pate","title":"Cruscana French Shrimp Pâté 100g","description":"\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eOne 100g glass jar of Cruscana French shrimp pâté (beurre de crevette), smooth and spreadable\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAmbient: keep it in the cupboard until you open it, then in the fridge. No need to store it chilled\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eServe it cool on thin toast with a squeeze of lemon and a little dill\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA jar serves two as a starter, or a few more as canapés\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe French call it beurre de crevette, shrimp butter, but it's a smooth shrimp pâté: 28% cold-water prawns (Pandalus borealis, the small pink North Atlantic ones), with butter, a little cod, mustard, paprika and cayenne.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIf you know Morecambe Bay potted shrimps, you know the idea: shellfish, butter and a little spice, made to keep. This is the smoother, Parisian take on it, and it won't pretend to be a bowl of peeled prawns. Denise and Gilbert Jouneau started making these at home outside Paris in 1965, and the firm still carries the family name. Crevette is French for shrimp and prawn alike (the French have never seen the need to choose).\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIt sits nicely alongside the \u003ca href=\"\/products\/cruscana-french-lobster-pate\"\u003elobster\u003c\/a\u003e and \u003ca href=\"\/products\/cruscana-smoked-salmon-pate\"\u003esmoked salmon\u003c\/a\u003e pâtés from the same kitchen. For more to put out with drinks, see our \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/canapes\"\u003ecanapés\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The Fish Society","offers":[{"title":"Pack \/ 100g","offer_id":65104639197561,"sku":"810490","price":3.8,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0751\/9489\/2598\/files\/Gemini_Generated_Image_2iba5i2iba5i2iba.jpg?v=1793972021"},{"product_id":"cruscana-french-pate-trio-lobster-shrimp-smoked-salmon-3-x-100g","title":"Cruscana French Pâté Trio – Lobster, Shrimp \u0026 Smoked Salmon (3 x 100g)","description":"\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThree 100g glass jars of Cruscana French pâté: lobster, shrimp and smoked salmon\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAmbient: they live in the cupboard until opened, then in the fridge\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSpread on warm blinis or thin toast. One jar covers a pack of 16 mini blinis thinly, which is canapés for four, so the three together will see off a decent party\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCruscana's lobster pâté is what the French call \u003cem\u003ebeurre de homard\u003c\/em\u003e, and the other two follow the same idea: shellfish or smoked salmon worked into something smooth and spreadable. We'll be honest, these are spreads, not slabs of lobster tail, and nobody is pretending otherwise. What they are is the easiest canapé you will make this Christmas, and they keep in the cupboard until you need them (which is more than can be said for the guests).\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePut the three jars out with a knife each and let people work out their favourite. Shrimp tends to go first.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOur \u003ca href=\"\/products\/mini-blinis\"\u003emini blinis\u003c\/a\u003e and \u003ca href=\"\/products\/coombe-castle-creme-fraiche\"\u003eCoombe Castle crème fraîche\u003c\/a\u003e are what we'd put them on.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The Fish Society","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":65129046802809,"sku":null,"price":11.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0751\/9489\/2598\/files\/Gemini_Generated_Image_qyhl52qyhl52qyhl.jpg?v=1793985200"}],"url":"https:\/\/www.thefishsociety.co.uk\/collections\/cruscana.oembed","provider":"The Fish Society","version":"1.0","type":"link"}