Crab Stew

Yield: 4 to 6 servings

Ingredients

• 2 tablespoons butter
• 1 small onion, grated
• 1/4 pound mushrooms, sliced thin
• 2 ripe tomatoes, skinned and chopped
• 1 pound crabmeat
• 1 teaspoon salt
• Dash of cayenne pepper
• 1 1/2 cups heavy cream
• Few sprigs parsley, chopped
• 1 teaspoon chopped chives
• 1/4 cup brandy

Instructions

1. Melt butter; stir in grated onion, and cook over moderate heat for 1 or 2 minutes.
2. Stir in mushroom slices and cook for several minutes.
3. Add tomatoes and cook for about 5 minutes.
4. Stir in crabmeat, salt, cayenne pepper and cream. Heat until mixture comes to a boil, but no longer.
5. Add parsley, chives and brandy.
6. Serve in soup plates with a heaping tablespoon of cooked rice in the center.