Recipe - A Sweet Potato-Crab Chowder

2 tablespoon Olive oil
One fourth cup Chopped tasso ; (abt 2 oz)
One fourth cup Chopped shallots
2 Garlic cloves; minced
2 cup Peeled; 1/2" minced sweet
potatoes
1 cup Light broth or water
1 cup Heavy cream
2 cup Milk
2 tablespoon Flour
1 pound Crabmeat
3 tablespoon Chopped chives
Salt; to taste
Freshlyground black pepper;
to taste

In a large soup pot over medium heat, heat the oil. Add the tasso and cook,
stirring for 1 minute. Add the shallots and cook for 3 minutes. Add the
garlic, sweet potatoes, and water and bring to a boil. Cover and cook for
15 minutes or until the potatoes are tender.

In a medium bowl, whisk together the cream, milk, and flour. Add to the
soup and cook until the mixture begins to thicken. Add the crabmeat and the
chives. Season with the salt and pepper to taste.

This recipe yields 4 entree portions, or 6 to 8 side portions.

Recipe Source: ESSENCE OF EMERIL with Emeril Lagasse From the TV FOOD
NETWORK (Show # EE2186 broadcast 08291996) Downloaded from their
WebSite http://www.foodtv.com

Formatted for MasterCook by Joe Comiskey, aka MR MAD jpmd44a@prodigy.com
~or MADSQUAD@prodigy.net

11081996

Recipe by: Emeril Lagasse

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Posted to MMRecipes Digest by Alan Hewitt alan@atoc.demon.co.uk on Nov
12, 1998