4 tbsp. (1/2 stick) butter
1/4 cup grated onions
4 tbsp. all-purpose flour
2 tbsp. tomato paste
4 cups milk
1 pint half & half
1/2 lb. fresh crab meat
1/2 lb. shrimp, raw, peeled, and deveined
1/2 cup dry cooking sherry
1 tsp. lemon juice
2 tsp. Old Bay seasoning
1 tsp. seasoned salt (Lawry's)
2 tsp. Tabasco sauce (or your favorite hot sauce)
salt and ground pepper, to taste

Melt butter in pan and saute onions for about 3 minutes. Add flour and tomato paste and mix well. Slowly add milk a little at a time.

When mixture is hot, add half & half, crab meat, shrimp, sherry, lemon juice, Old Bay, seasoned salt, Tabasco sauce and salt and pepper.

Serve hot.

Submitted by: Judy Brannock