Uncle Bubba's Cream of Crab Stew Recipe - Paula Deen

Ingredients

• 1/2 cup trimmed and chopped fennel bulb
• 1 stalk chopped celery
• 1/4 cup chopped yellow onion
• 1 stick Butter
• 3/4 cup self rising flour
• 2 tablespoons (or seafood bouillon) crab base
• 2 quarts heavy cream
• 2 tablespoons cooking sherry
• 2 cups half and half
• 1 quart milk
• 2 lbs picked clean of shells crabmeat
• to taste salt
• to taste Pepper