She Crab Soup

Ingredients

• 6 live hard-shell sooks (female blue crabs with roe)
• 1 tablespoon all-purpose flour
• 2 tablespoons unsalted butter
• 1 cup finely minced shallots (2 to 3 large)
• Kosher salt and freshly ground black pepper
• 1 quart half-and-half
• 1 tablespoon plus 4 teaspoons dry sherry, preferably fino, plus more for serving
• 1 1/2 cups picked lump, backfin, or jumbo lump crab meat
• Chopped fresh chives (optional)

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