Crab Soup Recipe

Ingredients For Crab Soup Recipe

• 2 Blue or spider crab shells including legs and body, crab picked and reserved
• 2 White fish skeletons such as tilapia or flounder
• 1 Yellow onion thinly sliced
• 2 Celery stalks roughly chopped
• 1 bunch Small thyme
• A few parsley stalks
• 1 Garlic cloves bashed
• 8.5 cup Cold water
• 1 tablespoon Extra virgin olive oil
• 2 tablespoon Unsalted butter
• 1 Yellow onion chopped
• 1 Small fennel bulb trimmed and chopped
• 1 Carrot peeled and diced
• 2 Celery stalks chopped
• 2 Garlic cloves grated
• 1 Bay leaf
• 2 sprig Thyme
• 1 sprig Good size tarragon
• 1 teaspoon Paprika
• 1 teaspoon Fennel seeds
• 1 Smallish star anise
• 0.33000000000000007 cup Dry white wine
• 9 ounce Fresh tomatoes skinned and chopped, or canned chopped tomatoes
• 0.33000000000000007 cup Heavy cream plus more for garnish
• 0.25 cup Calvados or apple brandy
• Salt and freshly ground black pepper
• Cooked crab meat or cracked crab claw for garnish