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Crab Soup

A dish that gets its character from hard-shelled crabs and white stock iii.

Soups With Meat Stock

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Ingredients

Units: US Metric
Scale: ½× – 4× with Plus →
  • 6 hard-shelled crabs
  • 3 cups White Stock III
  • ⅔ cup stale bread crumbs
  • 1 slice onion
  • 1 sprig parsley
  • 2 tablespoons butter
  • 2 tablespoons flour
  • 1 cup cream
  • Salt
  • Cayenne
Make it lactose-friendly
  • 2 tablespoons butter → plant butter, ghee (mostly lactose-free), or olive oil
  • 1 cup cream → lactose-free cream or coconut cream

Swaps are suggestions, not medical advice. Check labels if lactose is a serious issue for you.

Steps

  1. Remove the meat from the crabs and chop it finely.
  2. Combine the crab meat, White Stock III, bread crumbs, onion, and parsley in a pot and simmer for 20 minutes.
  3. Rub the mixture through a sieve.
  4. Cook the butter and flour together in a pan to make a paste, then stir it into the soup to thicken it.
  5. Add the cream, and season with salt and cayenne.
  6. Serve with Pulled Bread.

Steps last refined 2026-11-13 — we sharpen our recipes every week, so check back.

Nutrition (estimated, per serving)
Calories499
Protein43.0 g
Fat25.3 g
Carbs22.6 g
Fiber1.4 g
Sodium777 mg

Source

The Boston Cooking-School Cook Book (Fannie Farmer, pub. domain) — Public domain in the United States