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Crab Spaghetti

This crab spaghetti recipe was the Grand Prize Winner in the 1970 National Hard Crab Derby in Crisfield, MD.

Credited to Mrs. Milburn Brewington of Salisbury, MD.

• ½ cup chopped onions
• 1 clove garlic (crushed)
• 1 teaspoon chopped parsley
• ¼ cup chopped celery
• ¼ cup oil
• 1½ cans tomato soup
• 1 can water
• ½ teaspoon pepper
• ¼ teaspoon Tabasco sauce
• 1 pound claw crab meat
• ¼ cup sherry wine
• 8 ounce spaghetti
• grated cheese
• 1 teaspoon salt

Sauté vegetables in oil until golden brown. Mix soup, water and seasonings with above, and simmer 1 hour.

Add crab meat and sherry, and let simmer few minutes longer.

Cook and drain spaghetti. Put on platter and pour sauce over it. Top with grated cheese. Serve at once.