Conch Chowder - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1 lb queen conch, chopped (thawed and tenderised by smacking with meat mallet)
2 cups clam broth
2 cups water
1 cup dry white wine
1 large onion, chopped
4 tomatoes (blanched, peeled,seeded and chopped)
4 celery ribs, chopped
2 carrots, chopped
1 sweet red pepper, seeded and chopped
1 green pepper, seeded and chopped
1 large potato, random diced
2 tablespoons chopped parsley
2 teaspoons fresh thyme
1 cup heavy cream
salt, to taste
white pepper, to taste
3 tablespoons rum (Goslings Black Seal if possible)
sherry pepper sauce

Preparation

In a heavy-bottomed pot large enough to hold all the ingredients, simmer the conch in the clam juice and water for an hour.
Add the wine, onions, tomatoes, celery, carrots, potatoes, parsley and peppers and simmer another hour.
Add the thyme, heavy cream, rum, salt and white pepper to taste.
Before serving, add a few dashes of sherry peppers sauce.