Martha Washington's Crab Soup

Recipe Ingredients

1 tablespoon	15ml	Butter
5 teaspoons	25ml	Flour
3		Eggs; hard boiled - sieved
1		Lemon - grated rind of
1		- salt
1		- white pepper - freshly ground
4 cups	948ml	Milk
1/2 lb	227g / 8oz	Crabmeat - cooked
1/2 cup	118ml	Heavy cream
1/2 cup	118ml	Dry sherry
1/8 teaspoon	0.6ml	Worcestershire sauce

Recipe Instructions

An historic recipe served during President Gerald Ford's administration.

In a 2 qt saucepan, combine butter, flour, sieved eggs, lemon rind, salt and pepper. In a separate saucepan, bring milk to a boil, remove from heat.

Gradually pour in the hot milk into the egg mixture, stirring with a wire whisk. Add crabmeat, and cook over low heat for 5 minutes; do not boil.

Add cream and remove from heat. Stir in sherry and Worcestershire sauce and serve piping hot.

Source:
"The White House Family Cookbook" by White House executive Chef Henry Haller with Virginia Aronson

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