Description
Mmm–Creamy she-crab soup, garnished with a dollop of freshly whipped cream. Decadent!
Ingredients
- 1 tablespoon butter
- 1 teaspoon all-purpose flour
- 1 quart milk
- ½ tablespoon grated onion
- ⅛ teaspoon ground mace
- ⅛ teaspoon ground black pepper
- ½ teaspoon Worcestershire sauce
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 3 tablespoons crab roe
- 2 cups fresh crabmeat
- 6 tablespoons dry sherry
- ½ cup heavy whipping cream, whipped
- 1 tablespoon chopped fresh parsley
Instructions
- Fill the bottom of a double boiler halfway with water. Bring to a low boil. Melt butter in top of double boiler
- add flour and stir until smooth.
- Gradually add milk
- stirring constantly until smooth. Add onion
- mace
- black pepper
- Worcestershire sauce
- salt
- and crab meat with roe. Cook over simmering water for 20 minutes.
- To serve
- place 1 tablespoon of warmed sherry in each of 4 or 6 soup bowls (depends on how much soup you want). Ladle soup into bowls
- top with a dollop of whipped cream
- and sprinkle with fresh snipped parsley.
Servings: 5