She Crab Soup I

Ingredients

• 4 ounces crab roe 
• 1 pound crab meat flaked
• 0.5 cup cooking sherry dry
• 2 teaspoons flour all-purpose
• 0.1 teaspoon mace 
• 0.1 teaspoon ground pepper white
• 1.5 teaspoons butter 
• 2 cups milk 
• 1  onion chopped

Equipment

• bowl
• frying pan
• pot
• broiler

Directions

1. Using a saute pan melt 1 1/2 tablespoons butter, over low heat, and saute onions.
2. Using a double broiler melt 1 1/2 tablespoons of butter.
3. Add flour and stir until well blended.
4. Combine sauteed onions and flour mixture into a large stock pot.
5. Add 1 quart whole milk and stir constantly until soup is well blended.
6. Add the crab meat and roe and stir well; add pepper and mace and cook slowly for 20 minutes.
7. Add 1 pint of milk and stir.
8. Remove from heat and add wine.
9. Serve in soup bowls which have been heated and garnish with sour cream, parsley sprigs or a sprinkle of paprika.