Chandler's Crabhouse Whiskied Crab Soup Recipe - Recipezazz.com

Ingredients

• 1 whole Dungeness (2 1/2 pounds) crab
• 1 quart stock (crab stock, recipe follows)
• 1/2 cup butter
• 2 tablespoons butter
• 3/4 cup all-purpose flour
• 3 cups heavy whipping cream
• Juice of 1 lemon
• Dash liquid hot-pepper sauce
• 1 tablespoon Worcestershire sauce
• *CRAB STOCK*
• 2 tablespoons oil (olive oil)
• shell (from one Dungeness crab)
• 1/4 cup chopped carrot (peeled)
• 1/2 cup yellow onion, chopped (peeled)
• 1/4 cup celery, chopped
• 1/4 cup brandy (or cognac)
• 1 quart cold water
• 2 cloves garlic, crushed (unpeeled)
• 1 bay leaf
• 1 teaspoon dried tarragon
• 1/4 tsp Old Bay seasoning
• ¼ teaspoon ground white pepper
• 2 teaspoons whiskey
• 1 tablespoon dry sherry
• Salt, to taste