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She-Crab Soup
 
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Prep Time: 10 Minutes
Cook Time: 30 Minutes
Ready In: 40 Minutes
Servings: 4
From my collection of handwritten recipes 1970-1984.
Ingredients:
1 small onion, finely chopped
1 1/2 cups crabmeat, picked over to remove shells
2 tablespoons finely chopped celery
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/8 teaspoon pepper
1/4 teaspoon mace
2 tablespoons butter
2 cups milk
1/2 cup light cream
2 tablespoons worcestershire sauce
2 teaspoons flour mixed with 1 tblsp. water (or 1/4 cup cracker crumbs)
1/4-1/2 cup sherry wine
Directions:
1. Peel and chop onion fine. Add crab, celery, salt, pepper, and mace. Saute over low heat in butter. Simmer 5 minutes, stirring constantly. Heat milk until scalding and stir into crab mixture. Add light cream and worcestershire sauce. Thicken with a paste made by stirring either flour or crumbs into 1 Tblsp. water. Add sherry. Cook over the lowest possible heat, or over hot water in a double boiler, for about 20 minutes more. This soup will improve if you let it sit at the back of a warm stove for a while, but do not, at any time, let it boil.
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