Martha Washington'S Crab Soup - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1 tablespoon butter, softened
1 1/2 tablespoons flour
3 hard-boiled eggs, mashed
1 fresh lemon rind, finely grated
4 cups milk
1/2 lb crabmeat
1/2 cup heavy cream
1/2 cup dry sherry
1/8 teaspoon Worcestershire sauce
2 -3 dashes hot sauce
salt
white pepper

Preparation

Combine butter, flour, eggs and lemon rind.
Bring milk to a boil, remove pan from heat and stir in egg mixture, simmer 5 minutes.
Add crabmeat to milk mixture, simmer 5 minutes.
Add sherry, worcestershire, hot sauce, salt and pepper to taste and serve hot.