Creole Crawfish and Tasso Chowder

Ingredients

• ½ cup salad oil
• ½ lb. bacon, diced
• 1 cup tasso, finely diced
• 1 large onion, diced
• 3 celery stalks, diced
• 1 large carrot, diced
• 1 each red and green peppers, diced
• 2 ears corn, remove kernels from ears
• 1 tbsp. each tarragon, thyme, kosher salt
• 1 ½ tbsp. garlic, minced
• 2 tsp. fresh cracked black pepper
• 1 bay leaf
• 1 pinch cayenne pepper
• ½ cup white wine
• ¼ cup Worcestershire sauce,
• 2 dashes Tabasco
• 1/2 gal. shrimp stock or broth
• 1 cup blond roux
• 1 qt. heavy cream
• 4 cups crawfish tails, pre-cooked
• 3 Russet potatoes, cubed and par-boiled