Eastern Shore Terrapin Soup

American Food, 1974

30 minutes — 6 Servings

Ingredients

4	tablespoon	butter
1	tablespoon	flour
2	cup	milk
		salt and pepper
3		eggs, hard cooked
2	pound	terrapin meat, cooked and cubed
1⁄2	cup	heavy cream
1⁄4	cup	dry sherry
		cayenne

Instructions

Melt butter in a good-sized saucepan and blend in flour; off heat gradually stir in milk; add salt and pepper to taste. Chop whites of hard cooked eggs very fine; mash yolks. Stir chopped egg whites and the Terrapin into white sauce, add mashed yolks, and simmer for 5 minutes. Stir in cream as soup cooks for 5 minutes more. Blend in Sherry; dust each bowl with cayenne before serving.

Notes

Preparation time does not include cooking of the Terrapin.