Maryland Cream Of Crab Soup
From crabhappychick 15 years ago
- 10 minutes to make
- Serves 4
Cream of Crab soup is the most wonderful soup of all time. My husband and I spent our 25th anniversary in Baltimore where I had cream of crab at lunch and dinner every day. Yes, I was in search of the perfect cream of crab soup on Baltimore. Read more This one is from the Tidewater Inn in Easton, but my favorite is from Seaside in Glen Burnie, MD. Like sex in a bowl. Oh, by the way...celebrating 40 years THIS year! See less
Ingredients
- 3 T. butter shopping list
- 1 medium onion, minced shopping list
- 2 T. flour shopping list
- 2 C. clam juice shopping list
- 2 C. half and half shopping list
- 1 pound creabmeat (nice lump) shopping list
- 1/4 C. dry white wine shopping list
- 1/4 t. freshly ground white pepper (I use black - duh) shopping list
- Old Bay Seasoning shopping list
- 1 t. butter shopping list
- 1 T. minced fresh parsley shopping list
How to make it
- Melt 3 T. butter in heavy large saucepan over low heat. Add onion and cook until tender, stirring occasionally, about 10 minutes. Add flour and stir 3 minutes. Whisk in clam juice. Increase heat and bring to boil, stirring occasionally. Add half & half and return to boil, stirring constantly. lReduce heat and simmer 10 minutes. Set aside 1/4 of the largest crab lumps. Add remaining crab, wine, pepper, a pinch of Old Bay and salt to soup and simmer 3 minutes.
- Ladle soup into bowls, divide crab lumps evenly among bowls, and dust with more Old Bay. YUM!
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Yum! Congratulations! We're at 22, just babies!!!
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in Kalamazoo loved it
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