Award-winning Maryland Cream Of Crab Soup

Total Time: 35 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 20 mins

Ingredients

• 1 pint whole milk
• 1 quart half-and-half
• 2 pints heavy whipping cream
• 1 lb jumbo lump crab meat (only from maryland will do!)
• 1 tablespoon fresh parsley, chopped
• 3 teaspoons old bay seasoning
• 1/4 cup butter
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1/8 teaspoon pepper
• cornstarch
• water
• dry sherry, to taste

Recipe

• 1 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.
• 2 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!