She-Crab Soup
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Ready In: 35 mins
Serves: 4
Ingredients
- 2 cups milk
- 1⁄4 teaspoon mace
- 2 cups crabmeat, flaked and cartilage removed (fresh or frozen)
- 3 tablespoons butter
- 2 cups half-and-half
- 1⁄2 cup crushed soda cracker
- 2 tablespoons sherry wine
- 1 pinch cayenne pepper
- salt and pepper, to taste
- chopped fresh parsley
Directions
- Pour milk into top half of double boiler.
- Add mace and cook 8 minutes over low heat.
- Add crabmeat, butter and cream.
- Season with salt, pepper and cayenne pepper.
- Stir and cook 15 minutes over low heat.
- Stir occasionally during cooking.
- Remove from heat.
- Add crushed crackers and let stand several minutes to thicken soup.
- Stir in sherry just before serving.
- Sprinkle with parsley and serve immediately.
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