Crab Soup Recipe 1

Ingredients for Crab Soup Recipe 1

• 4 good-sized tomatoes or half a can of tomatoes
• Boiling water
• 1 clove of garlic
• 1 onion
• 1 small red pepper
• 1 tablespoon of butter
• 1 cup of crab meat, fat removed but saved
• Seasons: minced parsley, sweet marjoram, a spoonful of lemon juice, salt
• Bread crumbs

Instructions

1. Cut the tomatoes in small pieces.
2. Mash and rub them through a strainer fine enough to take out all the seeds.
3. Pour boiling water over the seeds and skim to extract all the juice, and strain this off also.
4. Put this strained tomato in a saucepan with a clove of garlic, 1 onion, a small red pepper, and a tablespoon of butter, and stew half an hour.
5. Add a cup of crab meat without the fat, pour it over the boiling water enough to make 3 pints in all.
6. Season with minced parsley, sweet marjoram, a spoonful of lemon juice, more salt if necessary, and, lastly, the fat of the crab.
7. Simmer slowly for an hour, thicken slightly with bread crumbs, and serve.

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