Thread: Lunch for 4 Crab/Apple Soup

Michael "Dog3" wrote:

> I'm having lunch here today for 4 people. My neighbor across the street
> has bought another house. She is a good friend and gardening buddy.
> She's downsizing and has bought a smaller house in the neighborhood.
> She'll be keeping the (what we call the "Manor House) old house for the
> next year or two before she puts it on the market, unless someone wants
> to buy it beforehand. Steven and I toyed with buying it but an old 7500
> sq ft. house is just way more than we can deal with. Anyway, a couple of
> other neighbors are coming over and I'm serving this soup with a salad
> and crusty bread/butter. There will be bloody marys and mimosas as well
> :--) I've made this recipe before and I've tweaked it but I can't
> remember what I did differently from the original recipe posted below. I
> normally make this in the fall but it is really delish and appropriate
> for a nice farewell type luncheon.
>
> From gayfood.com:


Darling, I LUV it...!!!

:-)


>
> Curry Crab and Apple Soup
>
>
> Taste: Savory
> Nationality: Asian
> Course: Soups and Salads
> Ingredients
>
> 4 Tbsp. butter
> 1 medium onion, diced
> 3 large golden delicious apples, cored, peeled and diced
> 3 Tbsp. flour
> 2 Tbsp. curry powder
> 2 quarts chicken stock
> 2.5 tsp. minced garlic
> 1 lb. crab
> 1 cup heavy whipping cream
> 0 to taste salt and pepper
>
> Directions
>
> In a medium saucepan, heat chicken stock over medium heat to almost
> boiling. In a skillet, melt butter over medium high heat. Sauté onions
> until transparent. Add apples, flour and curry. Sauté until brown and
> crusty, about 5 minutes. Add garlic and cook an additional minute. Add
> apple mixture to heated chicken stock. Transfer a cup or so of stock to
> empty skillet and scrape pan of dripping, transfer back to stock. Simmer
> soup for 30 minutes and add crabmeat. Stir in cream. Do not boil, heat
> until serving temp. Add salt and pepper to taste and serve.
>

It's a fine recipe, I can see fooling around with it, frex maybe even
subbing coconut milk for the cream...

It is inded more like fall than spring so far, cool-ish and sunny and low
humidity...


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Best
Greg