Award Winning Maryland Cream Of Crab Soup Recipes

MARYLAND'S GRAND PRIZE CREAM OF CRAB SOUP RECIPE

Steps:

• Bring milk, half & half, and heavy whipping cream to a boil.
• When it starts to boil, make a paste (or slurry) in a separate bowl with the cornstarch and cold water. Be sure to whisk well until the paste is fully blended.
• Add the paste to the soup and bring back to a boil for 1 minute, mixing constantly.
• If the soup seems too thin, make more paste with 1 T. corn starch & 1 T. cold water. Mix into the soup and heat through again, mixing constantly.
• Keep adding the 1 tablespoon cornstarch/1 tablespoon cold water paste until your soup gets to the preferred thickness.
• Then add your crab meat.
• Adding crab meat after the cornstarch paste is so that you don't break up the delicate chunks of crab while whisking the cornstarch.
• Add fresh parsley, Old Bay Seasoning, butter, salt and pepper and heat through.
• Add extra crab meat & Old Bay Seasoning based on your preferences.
• Remove from heat.
• Soup is ready to serve.

AWARD WINNING MARYLAND CREAM OF CRAB SOUP RECIPE - (3.7/5)

Steps:

• Prepare the lump crab meat by gently picking pick through to remove as much cartilage as you can find. Try to preserve as much of the lumpy texture as you can. A small side bowl of room temperature water will help to get the cartilage off your fingers as you work. Discard cartilage. Set crab meat aside. Bring milk, half and half, and heavy whipping cream to a boil. Add 1/3 crab meat, fresh parsley, 1 teaspoon Old Bay Seasoning, butter, salt, and pepper. When it starts to boil, make a paste of cornstarch, and cold water, tap or otherwise, or cold chicken stock. Start by added the cornstarch to a small bowl and slowly whisking in the liquid until a paste forms. Whisk the paste into the soup to prevent lumps and whisk until the soup has thickened. If lumps do form continue whisking until they have been whisked out. Add another 1/3 of the crab meat, stirring gently to preserve the lumps of the lump crab meat, just until crab is heated through. Soup should be fairly thick. Garnish with remaining crab and a dash of remaining Old Bay.

AWARD-WINNING MARYLAND CREAM OF CRAB SOUP

Steps:

• 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.
• 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!

MARYLAND CREAM OF CRAB SOUP

Steps:

• Whip cream.
• Cook onion and celery in one tablespoon of butter until tender but not browned.
• Melt remaining butter in top of double boiler; add flour and blend.
• Add milk gradually, stirring constantly.
• Add cooked vegetables and parsley; season to taste.
• Cook slowly until soup thickens a little; add crab meat.
• Serve in individual dishes with a dollop of whipped cream on top.