Creamy She Crab Soup

Creamy She Crab Soup

Ingredients:

1 pound lump crabmeat

2 tablespoons butter

2 medium yellow onions, minced

1 tablespoon flour

1 quart hot milk

salt and pepper to taste

pinch nutmeg

4 ounces dry sherry

8 ounces heavy cream


Directions:

Melt the butter in a large skillet and saute the onions until they are soft. Add the crabmeat.

Saute for a few seconds. Sprinkle the flour over the crab mixture and stir until the flour blends with the butter. Add the hot milk gradually, stirring constantly.

Simmer very slowly for 20 minutes. Season with salt, pepper and nutmeg. Add the sherry and cream. Heat to just below the boiling point.

Serves 6.