She-crab Soup

Total Time: 40 mins Preparation Time: 10 mins Cook Time: 30 mins

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

Recipe

• 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.