Sweet Corn Soup With Crab

Total Time: 1 hr Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 45 mins

Ingredients

• 1/3 cup salt lamb, diced
• 2 tablespoons butter (or margarine)
• 1/4 cup cornmeal
• 2 celery ribs, diced
• 1 medium onion, diced
• 1 red bell pepper, diced
• 1 jalapeno pepper, diced
• 3 cups sweet corn, fresh, removed from cob (about 6 ears, save two cobs)
• 4 3/4 cups chicken broth
• 2 corn cobs
• 1 lb fresh lump crabmeat, drained
• 1 cup whipping cream
• 1/4 cup fresh cilantro, chopped
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1/4 teaspoon pepper
• fresh cilantro stem

Recipe

• 1 render salt lamb in a dutch oven over medium heat; remove lamb, and reserve for another use.
• 2 add butter to lamb drippings; whisk in cornmeal, and cook, whisking constantly, 1 minute.
• 3 add celery and next 4 ingredients; saute 2 minutes.
• 4 add broth and corncobs; bring to a boil; reduce heat, and simmer 30 minutes.
• 5 remove and discard corncobs.
• 6 stir in crab meat and next 4 ingredients; cook until thoroughly heated.
• 7 garnish, if desired with fresh cilantro stems.