Hot Spiced Crab Soup

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Title: Hot Spiced Crab Soup
Categories: Shellfish, Soups
Yield: 4 servings

1/8 lb Butter
1 lg Onion, chopped
2 cl Garlic, crushed
1/2 ts Tobasco or other pep sauce
1/8 ts Cayenne pepper
1/4 c Chopped parsley
1 Bay leaf
1 Bottle of *dry* white
Drinking wine (26.5 oz.
Bottle)
1 cn (14 oz) chicken broth
2 lg Cooked Dungeness crabs
(about 2 lbs. each),
Cleaned and cracked
Lemon wedges

In a large kettle (at least 8 qt.) heat butter until bubbly; stir in
onion and garlic and cook over medium heat until onion is soft. Stir
in hot pepper seasoning, cayenne, parsley, bay leaf, broth and wine;
heat to simmering. Add crab, cover, and simmer about 10 minutes or
until crab is heated through.

Eating this soup is a wonderful and messy affair. Serve with hot
Parmesan garlic bread, a salad and another bottle of the wine used.

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