Crabby Corn Chowder | Food Stuff

Ingredients

• 1 tablespoon Butter
• 1 stalk of celery, chopped
• 1/4 cup chili peppers in adobo sauce, pureed
• 2 dried bay leaves
• 1/4 cup dry sherry (optional)
• 2 cups clam juice or fish stock
• 4 cups fresh corn kernels, scraped from the cob (frozen is okay too)
• 4 cups half-and-half or whole milk
• 1 pound fresh lump crab meat
• 3 tablespoons olive oil
• 50 grams Plain flour, (2oz)
• Salt and freshly ground black pepper to taste
• 1 large sweet yellow onion, chopped
• 3 Yukon gold potatoes, peeled and diced