She-Crab Soup - cooking recipe

Ingredients

2 c. crab meat
1 pt. milk
1 pt. cream
1/4 c. crab roe or 1 chopped egg yolk
1/2 c. cracker crumbs
1/2 stick butter
1/8 tsp. white pepper
2 tsp. sherry
1/8 tsp. mace
1/8 grated onion
salt to taste

Preparation

Mix milk with mace.
Simmer a few minutes.
Add crab, roe, butter and cream; cook 15 minutes.
Thicken with cracker crumbs. Season with salt, pepper and onion.
Add sherry just before serving.