Recipe for cooking crab stew

Soups for Salads :: Stews

Crab Stew

2 Tbsp. butter
1 sm. onion, grated
1/4 lb. mushrooms, sliced thin
2 ripe tomatoes, skinned and chopped
1 lb. crabmeat
1 tsp. salt
Dash of cayenne pepper
1 1/2 C. heavy cream
Few sprigs parsley, chopped
1 tsp. chopped chives
1/4 C. brandy

Melt butter, stir in grated onion, and cook over moderate heat for 1 or 2 min. Stir in mushroom slices and cook several min. Add tomatoes and cook about 5 min. Stir in crabmeat, salt, cayenne pepper and cream. Heat until mixture comes to a boil, but no longer. Add parsley, chives and brandy. Serve in soup plates with a heaping Tbsp. of cooked rice in the center.

Servings 4 to 6.