She-crab soup
United States · North America
She-crab soup is a creamy crab soup served in Charleston, with sherry and crab roe in some preparations. Fleet Landing’s recipe combines milk, crab or shellfish stock, cream, sherry, Tabasco and Worcestershire sauce. Finely chopped carrot, celery and onion join a butter-and-flour roux and crab roe, when available, to thicken the soup.[1]
Lump crabmeat is added at the end, and the soup is served in warm bowls with sherry alongside. The restaurant’s roe is optional rather than a requirement for every bowl.[1]
References
Sources checked:
- She Crab Soup — Fleet Landing, Charleston
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- Jo Anna Barber from Hillsborough, NC, USA
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