Hot Spiced Crab Soup
Ingredients:
1/8
lb
Butter
Cleaned and cracked
(about 2 lbs. each),
2
lg
Cooked Dungeness crabs
1
cn
(14 oz) chicken broth
Bottle)
Drinking wine (26.5 oz.
1
Bottle of *dry* white
1
Bay leaf
1/4
c
Chopped parsley
1/8
ts
Cayenne pepper
1/2
ts
Tobasco or other pep sauce
2
cl
Garlic, crushed
1
lg
Onion, chopped
Lemon wedges
Method:
In a large kettle (at least 8 qt.
) heat butter until bubbly; stir in onion and garlic and cook over medium heat until onion is soft.
Stir in hot pepper seasoning, cayenne, parsley, bay leaf, broth and wine; heat to simmering.
Add crab, cover, and simmer about 10 minutes or until crab is heated through.
Eating this soup is a wonderful and messy affair.
Serve with hot Parmesan garlic bread, a salad and another bottle of the wine used.