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.

Fettuccine Alfredo with Crab

 Fettuccine Alfredo with Crab

Ingredients:

1 lb. lump crabmeat

8 Tbsp. butter

24 oz. heavy cream

1 c. sun-dried tomatoes (in oil), chopped

1 c. grated Parmesan cheese

1 c. grated Romano cheese

8 oz. snow peas, trimmed and blanched

1 lb. fettuccini

fresh basil to garnish


Directions:

Cook fettuccine according to package directions. Rinse with cold water, set aside.

Heat large saute? pan and add butter and cream, bring to boil. Reduce heat and simmer until cream begins to turn pale yellow and reduces by 25%.

Stir in sun-dried tomatoes and cheeses until sauce is smooth.Gently stir in crab meat, then add snow peas and fettuccine. Stir until well combined and heated throughout.

Garnish with fresh basil and serve.