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Martha Washingtons Crab Soup Recipe

	Oldgringo / All my dishes 2 years, 1 month ago The First, First Lady's Recipe for Crab Soup. She must have been a good cook! George was lucky. Prep:20m Cook:30m Servings:6	Oldgringo
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Ingredients

1 tablespoon butter

5 teaspoons flour

3 hard boiled eggs; sieved

1 teaspoon lemon zest

1/4 teaspoon salt

1 teaspoon fine ground white pepper

4 cups milk

1/2 lb lump crabmeat; cooked and picked

1/2 cup cream

1/2 cup dry sherry

1/2 teaspoon Worcestershire sauce

Directions

No, Martha didn't give me this recipe personally, but I'll vouch for it anyway.

Melt butter and stir in the flour until all the flour is absorbed into the butter. Stir in the sieved eggs, lemon zest, salt and pepper. Set aside.

Heat milk to just under a boil and remove from heat. Do not curdle the milk.

Return butter, flour, egg lemon mixture to heat and gradually add the hot milk using a whisk.

Fold in crab meat and simmer for 5 minutes. Do not allow to boil.

Fold in the cream and remove from heat.

Stir in the sherry and Worcestershire sauce and serve hot.

Note: This soup was serve at an official state dinner at the Gerald Ford White House.

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pats1013 1 year, 11 months ago said:
This soup was delicious !!!! My husband was amazed by the flavor from such an easy recipe. Thank you for sharing it.

kathye 1 year, 7 months ago said:
Great recipe that I will be trying very soon. Thanks!

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