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Hawk Cove Crab Soup

• 2 cups milk
• ¼ teaspoon ground mace
• ¼ teaspoon dry mustard
• 1/8 teaspoon ground nutmeg
• 2 teaspoons grated lemon peel
• 1 pound jumbo lump crab meat
• 2 cups Half & Half
• 3 tablespoons butter
• ½ teaspoon salt
• ½ cup dry white wine
• ¼ cup cracker crumbs

Combine milk, spices and lemon peel in top of a large double boiler. Stir well. Cook mixture over simmering water 10 minutes.

Stir crab meat, Half & Half, butter and salt into hot mixture. Cook over boiling water 20 minutes, stirring often.

Stir in wine and cracker crumbs. Serve immediately.

Yields 4 to 6 servings.