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creamy crab soup
« on: December 13, 2009, 12:10:53 pm »
60g. butter
1/2 small green pepper (or a well drained 125 tin)
1 medium onion.
3 Tablespoons plain flour
1 1/2 cups of chicken stock
pinch of cayanne
sail and pepper
1Tablespoon of dry sherry
1 cup milk
1 cup cream
2  170g tins of crab.

Melt butter80 for 2 minutes on  ^^
Chop onion and green pepper 10 seconds on speed 5( if using tinned pepper , add after
 onion is cooked)
Cook onion in butter (and pepper if raw) 3 mins. at 100 speed 1
Add flour and cook 4 mins. at 100 , ^^
Add liquid from the 2 cans of crab, and chicken stock,   3 mins, reverse on varoma speed 2.
Add milk and cream , cook varoma, 4 mins.  :-: ^^
CHECK THICKNESS OF SOUP,  IT SHOULD BE LIKE THICKENED CREAM.
.If not thick enough mix 4 teasp. of cornflour with a little milk and add to mixture in bowl, cook 2 minutes,varoma ,speed 2.
Add crab,  reverse,  varoma 2 mins.

Top with chives to serve,     Makes 1 1/2  Litres.   4-6 serves

Fairly expensive to make but excellent for a dinner party .   I made it tonight to test recipe, DH said the Queen would not be having soup any better than this.

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JD - I made 1/2 quantity which is 2 meals for me.  Only addition was a umami cube which I tend to throw in all soups these days.  It's a nice soup Chookie. This is a very delicate but tasty soup.



« Last Edit: July 09, 2014, 02:33:09 pm by judydawn »

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Re: creamy crab soup
« Reply #1 on: December 13, 2009, 12:18:37 pm »
Thanks Chookie.  That last comment by your DH sold me on this one.  ;) ;)
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Re: creamy crab soup
« Reply #2 on: December 13, 2009, 12:54:44 pm »
Good work again Chookie - right royal repast.  :-* :-*  DH must beloving the TMX adventures too
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Re: creamy crab soup
« Reply #3 on: July 09, 2014, 09:41:17 am »
I made this yesterday, 1/2 quantity which is 2 meals for me.  Only addition was a umami cube which I tend to throw in all soups these days.  It's a nice soup Chookie.  Whilst I was eating it I thought of a perfect word to describe it but now I've forgotten what that word was  :-)) ;D  I enjoyed it with some of your Welsh Rarebit.

I've remembered the word - delicate.  This is a very delicate but tasty soup  ;D
« Last Edit: July 09, 2014, 02:31:03 pm by judydawn »
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Re: creamy crab soup
« Reply #4 on: July 09, 2014, 02:27:44 pm »
I just saw this recipe JD as I'm researching a recipe to make for the challenge that is not already a favourite (hard). Loved Ral's comment that even the queen wouldn't enjoy better soup  :D what a sweetheart
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Re: creamy crab soup
« Reply #5 on: July 09, 2014, 02:31:43 pm »
That's exactly what I did with the recipes I made yesterday CP. ;)
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Re: creamy crab soup
« Reply #6 on: July 11, 2014, 10:53:35 am »
I personally love this soup.   I always keep a couple of tins of crab in the pantry, so if we have unexpected visitors, I can whip up something nice. 

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Re: creamy crab soup
« Reply #7 on: November 15, 2014, 09:28:52 am »
Had this soup tonight, in preparation for an upcoming dinner with friend.  We had to had a little more thickening, but came out really well.  This is a very nice soup.

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Re: creamy crab soup
« Reply #8 on: November 15, 2014, 10:37:15 am »
Welcome to the forum with your first post Sally, Chookie's recipes are great!
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Re: creamy crab soup
« Reply #9 on: November 15, 2014, 03:27:05 pm »
Welcome Sally.Chookie's recipes are terrific.There are plenty more of her recipes to cook so have fun cooking :)
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Re: creamy crab soup
« Reply #10 on: November 15, 2014, 07:11:11 pm »
Sally,  glad you enjoyed it.  Thanks for the review.

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Re: creamy crab soup
« Reply #11 on: November 23, 2014, 09:56:03 am »
Each time I see this I can't help thinking, "first catch your crab."
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Re: creamy crab soup
« Reply #12 on: February 18, 2022, 08:54:55 am »
I made this today, added some corn kernels and used red capsicum instead of green. Half quantity does 3 meals for me.  I’ve blitzed the remaining soup as I had trouble eating the corn even though I’d chopped it up as much as I could by hand before adding it to the soup. Thanks for reminding me of it Chookie, I had forgotten I’d made it many years ago.
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Re: creamy crab soup
« Reply #13 on: February 19, 2022, 12:47:17 am »
Hope you enjoy it Judy. The Green capsicum does taste different, however use what you have.