Crab Chowder with Sherry, a recipe from the Cayman Islands on the Worldwide Gourmet

Ingredients

• - 115 g (4 oz.) Crab meat
• - White part of 1 Leek, finely chopped
• - 1 onion, finely chopped
• - 1 celery stalk, finely chopped
• - 2 ripe tomatoes, peeled, seeded and diced
• - 2 tbsp. butter
• - 1 liter (4 cups) fish stock or Clam juice
• - 4 basil leaves
• - 1 tsp. thyme
• - 60 ml (1/4 cup) dry sherry
• - Salt and pepper