2 tablespoons butter
1 onion, finely diced
1 bay leaf
2 tablespoons flour
2 cups White Crab Stock, recipe follows
2 cups milk
1 cup cream
2 teaspoons paprika
1 pound cooked Atlantic Blue crab meat, divided
1/2 cup crab roe, divided
Salt and pepper, to taste
1/4 cup sherry
2 tablespoons chopped chives
French bread
2 quarts cold water
1 onion, peeled and halved
1 garlic bulb, halved
1 turnip, split
2 celery stalks, split
Bouquet garni (4 sprigs fresh parsley, 4 sprigs fresh thyme, 2 bay leaves and 1 leek -- tied together with string)
1/2 lemon, juice
1 teaspoon crab boil seasoning
1/2 teaspoon whole white peppercorns
1/2 cup white wine
Sea salt, to taste
6 live Atlantic Blue crabs