She Crab Soup I

Name: She Crab Soup I
Yield: 6
Ingredients: 1 onion, chopped; 1.5 tablespoons margarine; 2 teaspoons all-purpose flour; 1.5 teaspoons margarine; 1 quart whole milk; 1 pound crabmeat, flaked; 4 ounces crab roe; 0.125 teaspoon ground white pepper; 0.125 teaspoon ground mace; 2 cups milk; 0.5 cup dry sherry

Recipe by C Davis from allrecipes.com

Ingredients

6 servings

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1 onion, chopped
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1.5 tablespoons margarine
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2 teaspoons all-purpose flour
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1.5 teaspoons margarine
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1 quart whole milk
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1 pound crabmeat, flaked

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4 ounces crab roe
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0.125 teaspoon ground white pepper
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0.125 teaspoon ground mace
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2 cups milk
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0.5 cup dry sherry

Instructions

Using a saute pan melt 1 1/2 tablespoons butter, over low heat, and saute onions.
Using a double broiler melt 1 1/2 tablespoons of butter. Add flour and stir until well blended.
Combine sauteed onions and flour mixture into a large stock pot. Add 1 quart whole milk and stir constantly until soup is well blended.
Add the crab meat and roe and stir well; add pepper and mace and cook slowly for 20 minutes. Add 1 pint of milk and stir.
Remove from heat and add wine.
Serve in soup bowls which have been heated and garnish with sour cream, parsley sprigs or a sprinkle of paprika.