Crab Soup Recipe 1 ingredients

To prepare this Crab Soup Recipe 1, first cut in small pieces 4 good-sized tomatoes that have been washed and wiped (or use half a can of tomatoes). Mash and rub them through a strainer fine enough to take out all the seeds. Pour boiling water over the seeds and skim to extract all the juice, and strain this off also. Put this strained tomato in a saucepan with a clove of garlic, 1 onion, a small red pepper, and a tablespoonful of butter, and stew half an hour. Add a cupful of crab meat without the fat; pour over it boiling water enough to make 3 pints in all. Season with minced parsley, sweet marjoram, a spoonful of lemon juice, more salt if necessary, and, lastly, the fat of the crab. Simmer slowly for an hour, thicken slightly with bread crumbs, and serve.