Mobile Bay Crab Soup - Love of Food

Ingredients

• 3 tablespoons butter
• ½ cup onion, diced
• 1 tablespoon shallots, minced
• 3 tablespoons flour
• 1 tablespoon Cajun spice
• ½ cup sherry
• 4 cups half and half
• zest of one lemon
• ¼ teaspoons nutmeg
• 1 pound lump crab meat
• 2 teaspoons chives, cut into 1-inch lengths