Seafood Chowder Recipe

Name: Seafood Chowder Recipe
Ingredients: 5 Slices of thick-cut bacon (thinly sliced); 5 shallots (peeled, small-diced); 4 ribs of celery (thickly sliced ); 2 garlic cloves (finely minced ); 1 cup creamy sherry; 4 tablespoons unsalted butter; ½ cup all-purpose flour; 16 ounces clam juice; 4 cups chicken stock; 28- ounce San Marzano tomatoes (canned) (hand crushed); 6 Yukon gold potatoes (medium-sized, peeled, quartered, and thickly sliced ); 2 tablespoons dry sweet basil; 4 tablespoons olive oil; 12 ounces white fish (cut into small chunks, cod, halibut, etc.); 12 ounces medium-diced calamari (tubes, tentacles, or both); 1 pound shrimp (peeled and deveined, medium diced); 8- ounce lobster tail (medium-diced shelled, optional, replace with shrimp); 12 ounces bay scallops (roughly chopped); 1 pound fresh mussels; 1 pound fresh clams; 8- ounce chopped clams (canned); 1 ½ cups heavy whipping cream; ¼ cup finely minced fresh parsley; 1 tablespoon sherry vinegar (optional); Tabasco ( to taste); salt and pepper to taste