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Title: Shrimp & Crab Alfredo Soup
Categories: Soups, Seafood, Pasta, Poultry, Dairy
Yield: 12 Servings

1 lb Al dente cooked pasta;
- shells, orichette, spiral,
- etc -- Dealer's choice
2 c Salted cooking water;
- reserved for soup

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16 oz Cream cheese; in cubes
1 1/2 c Parmesan cheese; grated
1 c Half & Half or heavy cream
1 c Butter
Salt & white pepper

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1 lb Small or salad shrimp; pre-
- cooked, peeled, deveined,
- tails off
12 oz (2 cans) crab meat; drained
1 md (to lg) onion; minced
42 oz (3 cans) chicken broth
1 c Sherry wine
2 c Clam broth
2 c Reserved pasta water from
- above
1 1/2 c Half & Half or heavy cream
3/4 ts Garlic granules
Salt & white pepper
Chopped garlic chive tops;
- garnish

In a large enough saucepan over low heat stir together the
Alfredo sauce ingredients until smooth and creamy.

Chop shrimp and shred crab in bite-sized pieces and add to
water, clam juice, wine and chicken broth.

Simmer until warm and add garlic, salt and pepper. Stir in
pasta and Alfredo sauce.

Reduce heat to warm; add half-and-half to desired soup
consistency. Sprinkle each bowl with some chopped garlic
chives or spring onion greens.

NOTE: This was easy to make from stuff I had on hand. It
was a lot harder to formalise it into a recipe.

From: The fertile brain of Dave Drum

Uncle Dirty Dave's Kitchen

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