Jim Coleman Recipes

Thomas Jefferson's Crab Soup

Ingredients:

• ½ pound fresh crabmeat
• 1 tablespoon butter
• 1-½ tablespoons flour
• 3 hard boiled eggs, mashed
• Grated zest of 1 lemon
• 4 cups milk
• ½ cup heavy cream
• ½ cup sherry
• Dash Worcestershire

Preperation:
1. Boil crabs in salted water to get meat (if using fresh).

2. In a large saucepan, combine butter, flour, eggs, lemon zest, salt and pepper.

3. Boil on low heat and pour milk in slowly. Add crabmeat to milk mixture and gently cook for 5 minutes.

4. Add cream and remove from heat before it reaches a full boil.

5. Add sherry and Worcestershire. Serve.