Franks Cream Of Crab Soup Recipes

Steps:

• Dissolve bouillon cube in water.
• Cook onion in butter until tender, blend in flour and seasonings.
• Add milk and bouillon gradually; cook until thick, stirring constantly.
• Add crabmeat, heat.
• Garnish with parsley.
• Note: you can saute a clove of garlic along with the onion, too.
• (An adopted recipe.)

Steps:

• In soup pot, melt the butter over medium heat.
• Add onion, saute for 2-3 minutes.
• Add potatoes, old bay, and mustard.
• Decrease heat to low, cook, stirring often until potatoes are barely tender (30 minutes). Remove from heat.
• Whisk in flour, salt and pepper. Return to medium heat and stir constantly about 2 minutes.
• Slowly pour in half and half and milk, stirring constantly.
• Cook over med-low heat, stirring often until thickened.
• Add the crabmeat, simmer about 15-20 minutes.
• When ready to serve, stir in sherry and parsley.

Steps:

• In a large saucepan, heat butter and bouillon over medium heat. Add onion; cook and stir until tender, 1-2 minutes. Stir in cornstarch until blended; gradually whisk in cream. Bring just to a boil, stirring constantly. Stir in crab, cheese and seasonings. Reduce heat; simmer, uncovered, to allow flavors to blend, about 20 minutes, stirring occasionally., Stir in sherry; heat 1-2 minutes longer. Sprinkle servings with additional nutmeg.

Steps:

• Bring milk, half and half, and heavy whipping cream to a boil. Add crab meat, fresh parsley, Old Bay Seasoning, butter, salt and pepper. When it starts to boil, make a paste of cornstarch and water and add to thicken soup.
• To serve, sprinkle each serving with a bit of Old Bay and chopped parsley. Serve with oyster crackers and a small cream pitcher of sherry on the side for diners to add to taste. That's how we do it in Maryland!

Steps:

• Bring milk almost to a boil and add the rest of the ingredients except flour and water.
• Make a paste of the flour, using just enough water added to it to get a paste texture and blend paste into the soup.
• Bring this mixture to almost a boil and repeat the paste blend made now from the last 3 tablespoons flour and blend in again.
• Stir to blend and serve.

Steps:

• Melt butter in a 3-qt. saucepan; stir in flour, seafood seasoning, salt and curry powder. Cook until thickened and bubbly. Gradually add milk; cook and stir until mixture is hot (do not boil). , Remove cartilage from crab if necessary. Add crab and parsley to soup; cook and stir just until crab is heated. If desired, thin soup with additional milk; garnish with parsley.

Steps:

• Gently remove cartilage from crab meat.
• Melt butter in a 2-3 quart sauce pan.
• Add the onion and cook 3-4 minutes - until translucent.
• Blend in flour and cook as a roux on medium-low heat until the flour-butter mixture "loosens", which indicates the flour is cooked (about 5 minutes).
• Off the heat, stir in chicken broth and sherry, return to the heat and simmer for 3 minutes.
• Add salt, pepper, milk and cream, then stir in Tabasco, cayenne and sugar.
• Use a little of the liquid to thin the tomato paste and stir it back into the soup.
• Cook on med-low heat until thickened, but do not let it boil.
• Taste it, and when the cream base is cooked and seasoned to your liking, add the crab.
• Heat gently another 5 minutes and serve.
• Serving suggestion: make a lightly sweetened whipped cream to dollop on top and serve with a small pitcher of the sherry to add at the table.
• A small amount of fresh chopped parsley around the edge of a soup plate is attractive, but don't use too much because you don't want to affect the flavor of the soup.

Steps:

• In a medium bowl, blend flour and hollandaise sauce mix with 2 cups half-and-half.
• Melt butter in a medium, heavy saucepan over medium heat. Slowly add hollandaise mixture, stirring constantly until thickened. Add remaining half-and-half, Old Bay, dry mustard, celery seed, and whipping cream. Bring to a simmer and reduce heat to low. Add crabmeat and sherry, stirring gently until warmed through. Serve immediately.