Crab Soup

Total Time: 50 mins Preparation Time: 10 mins Cook Time: 40 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 2 tablespoons butter
• 1 tablespoon flour
• 2 cups milk
• 2 cups heavy cream
• 1 small red onion, finely chopped
• 1/2 teaspoon mace
• 1/2 teaspoon fresh ground pepper
• 1 tablespoon worcestershire sauce
• 1/2 lb crabmeat (fresh is best)
• 4 tablespoons dry sherry
• 1 dash paprika (optional)
• 3 ears cooked corn (optional)

Recipe

• 1 melt the butter in the top of a double boiler and blend in flour until smooth.
• 2 add the milk and cream, gradually, and stir constantly with a wire whisk.
• 3 add crabmeat, onion, mace, worcestershire sauce, salt and pepper (if adding corn, take kernals off the cob and add to soup now).
• 4 cook slowly over a double boiler for 25 minutes, stirring frequently.
• 5 it should get to just below a boil.
• 6 just before serving, add sherry and stir.
• 7 pour into indiviual bowls and sprinkle with paprika.