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- From: jbphoto@pipeline.com (James Brill)
- Newsgroups: rec.food.recipes
- Subject: Clam Chowder
- Date: 24 Dec 1994 00:20:19 -0500
- Organization: Express Access Online Communications, Greenbelt, MD USA
- Message-ID: <199412190221.VAA29670@pipe1.pipeline.com>
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- Fish, Clams and Corn Chowder, this is the real thing.
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- Ingredients:
- 2-4 Idaho potatoes, peeled and cut into 1/2 inch cubes
- 6oz pork fat cut into 1/2 inch cubes. Not salt pork or bacon, it's normally
- too salty.
- 2 table spoons unsalted butter
- 3-4 garlic cloves, finely chopped
- 1 large onion, coarsely chopped (1/4 inch pieces)
- 3 celery stalks, coarsely chopped
- 2 cups clam juice, fresh, canned or bottled (fresh clam juice is more
- salty)
- Approx. 1 tablespoon each fresh ground black pepper,
- marjoram, thyme, sage and a little less of rosemary, chopped fine.
- 1 cup dry white wine
- 1 cup fresh sweet corn or 16oz unsalted canned corn, strained.
- 1 pound fresh fish, cut into 1 inch square pieces (try to use a firm, non-
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- oily fish such as cod, haddock, sea bass, blackfish or porgie)
- 24 fresh shelled chowder clams or 1 cup strained
- canned clams (two 7oz. cans) chopped up.
- 2 cups light cream
-
- Use an enamel pot that holds about one gallon, add 2-3 ears sweet corn to
- boiling water. Cook until almost tender then cut corn off the cob. Add the
- potatoes to the same water and boil them until half done, about 5 minutes,
- strain and set aside. On a medium heat, brown the pork fat until it's
- nearly crisp, remove the fattiest bits. Add the onion and when it's
- caramelized, add the garlic, celery and potatoes. Let each brown a little
- before the next is put in. Add the butter if needed. On a low heat add 1
- cup of clam juice, white wine, corn and all the spices. Simmer a few
- minutes to reduce slightly. Add the remaining clam juice, clams and fish,
- simmer another 5 minutes max. Salt lightly if necessary with course salt.
- Add light cream, when its starts to simmer its chow time!
- Serves 4
-
- If you want to make chowder without the clams then make a fish stock to
- substitute for the clam juice. Into one quart cold water add a 1/2 cup of
- white wine, a small celery stalk, a few sprigs' parsley, a bay leaf, a
- pinch of thyme, 1/2 a small onion, a pinch of coarse salt, a few
- peppercorns and the head, tail and bones of any fish. Reduce it until you
- have about 2 cups (about 20 minutes) of stock. Strain liquid into a few
- bowls temporarily.
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