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- I made some delicious chowder this weekend.
- I was kind of just winging it, so I may not have all the portions correct.
- I stole a little information from the other recipes that were in this thread.
- First I cooked 3 pieces of bacon in the bottom of the pot. Remove the bacon and save for later. Turn the heat down on the stove. You want to probably keep it on medium or medium low. You don't want the liquid to evaporate too quickly.
- Throw in about 3T of butter and let it melt into the bacon fat. Start by adding 1T of flour. You want to get a nice roux going. If you need it thicker add more flour.
- Add one diced shallot and 2 diced cloves of garlic. Stir until they start to get a little soft. Add 1 diced potato. Stir it all around and let everything get coated with the roux, fat and other goodness at the bottom of the pan.
- Add 1c fish stock. I started with 1c, but you can add more to thin the soup or give it a little more flavor. In the end I probably really put in 2c of fish stock.
- Cook on low for about 10 min. or until the potato has cooked.
- Add 2 cans of chopped clams. You can toss in maybe 1/2 can of the juice for flavor. Stir everything together.
- Add 1 container of creme fraiche (sp?) and 1c of milk (I used 2 percent, you can make it richer by adding whole milk). You can add more milk to thin out the soup if you prefer over the fish stock.
- From here on out it's just doctoring to get it to taste how you like it. I added another 1/2 of diced shallot, 3T of butter, a couple dashes of cayenne... not enough to taste it... just enough to give it a kick at the end, salt, pepper & parsley.
- Because of the milk and cream in it I stirred it constantly and watched to make sure it didn't boil too much. I also put it in the oven for two hours on 200 (checking on it & stirring after 1hr). I wanted to slow cook it and was concerned that putting it on the stove top would burn the bottom of the soup.
- I served it in a sourdough bowl and garnished it with the chopped up bacon I had from earlier. Happily it was enjoyed by one and all.
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