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Ingredients

• 1 ½ pounds Plugra butter
• 2 Vidalia onions, peeled, cored, and roughly chopped
• 2 carrots, peeled, roughly chopped
• 2 stalks celery, roughly chopped
• 6 cloves garlic, stem end removed, minced
• 1 bulb fennel, cored, roughly chopped
• 1½ cups arborio rice
• 1/3 cup tomato paste
• 1/3 cup Old Bay seasoning
• 1 cup all-purpose flour
• 2 cups white wine
• 32 ounces clam juice
• ½ gallon whole milk
• 2 quarts heavy cream
• ¼ cup kosher salt
• ½ cup sherry
• 1 bunch tarragon, stems removed, chopped
• 2 tablespoons Sriracha sauce
• 2 lemons, cut in half, juiced
• 1 pint water, or more, if needed
• 1 pound jumbo lump blue crab meat
• 1 pound claw crab meat
• ½ bunch chives, finely chopped
• Salt and pepper