Curried Crab Soup from Savannah

Ingredients

• 3 tablespoons butter
• 1/2 cup onion, chopped
• 1 garlic clove, minced
• 1/2 cup apple, peeled & diced
• 1 tablespoon curry powder
• 3 tablespoons flour
• 1/2 cup tomato, chopped
• 2 1/2 cups chicken stock
• salt & pepper, to taste
• 3/4 lb white crab meat
• 1 cup light cream
• Tabasco sauce, to taste

Directions

1. 1

   Melt the butter in a saucepan and sauté the onion until wilted, then add the garlic and apple. Stir and add the curry powder & flour. Add the tomato & chicken broth, stirring with a wire whisk.

2. 2

   When the mixture is thickened & smooth, add the salt, pepper, & crab meat.

3. 3

   Simmer for 10 minutes, then add the Tabasco sauce and the cream, then bring the mixture up to a boil. Serve immediately.