Ingredients

• 3/4 c butter
• 5 T minced onion
• 3/4 c flour
• 6 c milk or half and half
• 1 1/2 t salt
• 1/2 t pepper
• 1 c diced carrots
• 1 c diced celery
• 1/2 c water
• 4 7-oz cans chopped clams (save juice)

Directions

1. In a large kettle, melt butter.

2. Add onion and sauté. Add flour and cook, stirring, until bubbly. Then add milk or half and half, salt and pepper.

3. Cook over medium heat, stirring constantly, until thickened. Reserve.

4. Meanwhile, in another saucepan cook diced vegetables until tender in water and clam juice. Stir in milk mixture. Add seafood. Heat through.

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