Creamy Tomato Crab Soup

• 3 tablespoons finely chopped onions
• 2 cloves garlic, minced
• 1/2 cup butter or 1/2 cup margarine
• 1/4 cup all-purpose flour
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1/2 teaspoon pepper
• 2 1/2 cups half-and-half
• 2 cups tomato juice
• 1/2 teaspoon Worcestershire sauce
• 1/4 teaspoon ground savory
• 1 -2 dash hot pepper sauce
• 2 (6 ounce) cans lump crabmeat, rinsed,drained,and picked over
• sour cream
• chopped fresh parsley

1. In a medium-size saucepan, melt butter over medium heat.
2. Saute onion and garlic until tender.
3. Stir in flour, salt, and pepper; continue stirring and cooking until bubbly.
4. Gradually add the cream, tomato juice, worcestershire sauce, savory, and hot pepper sauce.
5. Bring mixture to a boil, stirring constantly.
6. Add in the crab; stir until heated through.
7. Season to taste with salt and pepper if needed.
8. Ladle soup into individual serving bowls.
9. Add a dollop of sour cream and sprinkle with chopped fresh parsley.

onions, garlic, butter, flour, salt, pepper, tomato juice, worcestershire sauce, ground savory, pepper sauce, lump crabmeat, sour cream, fresh parsley

Taken from www.food.com/recipe/creamy-tomato-crab-soup-46654 (may not work)