Crab Chowder
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Course : Chowders
From: HungryMonster.com
Serves: 12
 

Ingredients:

  Amount  Measure       Ingredient -- Preparation Method
--------  ------------  --------------------------------
  1                     crab
     1/2           cup  brandy
  1                cup  white wine
  8               cups  clam juice
  2        tablespoons  parsley
  4                     bay leaf
  1         tablespoon  garlic
     1/4           cup  shallot
  1                cup  bacon
  2               cups  sweet onion
  1                cup  celery
  1         tablespoon  thyme
  1                cup  flour
  3               cups  cream
  2               cups  potato
     1/4      teaspoon  salt
     1/2      teaspoon  fresh ground white pepper
 

Preparation:

Combine crab, brandy, wine, clam juice, parsley, garlic, and shallots in a stockpot heat to a boil, skim, cover, reduce heat, and simmer for 15 minutes remove crab, cool slightly crack and remove crabmeat from shells, keeping pieces as large as possible strain the broth through a chinois or cheesecloth and reserve for the soup place bacon in a heavy bottomed pot, over a moderate flame heat and stir until fat is rendered and bacon is crisp add celery and onions heat and stir for 10 minutes, until tender stir in thyme and flour heat and stir for 5 minutes gradually stir in the reserved broth simmer for 20 minutes over a low flame add potatoes and heat thoroughly finish with cream season to taste with salt and white pepper serve hot, accompanied by tabasco sauce

 

Nutritional Information:

454 Calories (kcal); 25g Total Fat; (53% calories from fat); 13g Protein; 36g Carbohydrate; 78mg Cholesterol; 1072mg Sodium