*  Exported from  MasterCook  *

                          Carolina She-Crab Soup

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Serving Size  : 6    Preparation Time :0:00
Categories    : Soups                            Seafood
                Brunch                           Appetizers

  Amount  Measure       Ingredient -- Preparation Method
--------  ------------  --------------------------------
   1      pint          Milk
     1/8  teaspoon      Mace
   2      cups          Crab meat
     1/4  cup           Crab roe* -- or
                        Egg yolks -- hard boil
     1/4  pound         Butter
   1      pint          Cream
     1/4  cup           Cracker crumbs -- crush fine
     1/8  teaspoon      White pepper
     1/8                Onion -- grate
   2      teaspoons     Sherry
   1      teaspoon      Salt

*May use hard-boiled egg yolks (mashed) as substitute for crab roe.
 Put milk in double boiler with mace.
Allow to gently simmer a few minutes. Add crabmeat, roe, or cooked egg yolk,
 butter, and cream; simmer for 15 minutes. Thicken with 1/4 c. cracker crumbs 
and season with salt, white pepper and onion. Allow to stand on back of stove
 for a few minutes to bring out flavor. Add sherry just before serving.

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