President Taft's She Crab Soup
Created by dienia b on May 2, 2024
- Servings: 8
- Prep Time: 9m
- Cook Time: 30m
- Recipe #42758
Ingredients
- 3 tablespoons butter
- 1 cup onion, chopped
- 3 tablespoons flour
- 4 cups milk
- 1 pound fresh lump crabmeat
- 1/16 pound crab roe
- 4 egg yolks, hardboiled
- 1/8 teaspoon white pepper
- 1/8 teaspoon ground mace
- 16 ounces light cream (2 cups half-and-half)
- 1/2 cup sherry wine
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- Garnish
- 1/2 teaspoon paprika
- 1 tablespoon fresh parsley, minced
How to Make
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Step 1: Heat butter and cook onions until translucent.
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Step 2: Lightly season.
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Step 3: Add flour and cook a bit but don't brown.
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Step 4: Add milk and season to taste.
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Step 5: Cook on simmer for 5 minutes.
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Step 6: Add roe, crab meat and smashed egg yolks.
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Step 7: Simmer 20 minutes.
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Step 8: Add sherry and 1/2 and 1/2 cream.
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Step 9: Season to taste.
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Step 10: Cook until bubbly.
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Step 11: Bowl up and add garnish; some folks top with roe.
Nutritional Facts
- Serving Size: 1 (414.5 g)
- Calories 1106.4
- Total Fat - 102.7 g
- Saturated Fat - 42.2 g
- Cholesterol - 1417 mg
- Sodium - 423.7 mg
- Total Carbohydrate - 16.5 g
- Dietary Fiber - 0.9 g
- Sugars - 7.5 g
- Protein - 27.8 g
- Calcium - 365.8 mg
- Iron - 3.9 mg
- Vitamin C - 2.2 mg
- Thiamin - 0.4 mg