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- From: sgetgood@bilbo.iii.net (Susan Getgood)
- Newsgroups: rec.food.recipes
- Subject: New England Clam Chowder
- Date: 19 May 1995 21:01:17 -0600
- Organization: bilbo.iii.net
- Message-ID: <199505190122.VAA17355@nic.iii.net>
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- New England Clam Chowder
- My recipe is based on two recipes, one from the Nov. 1990 Food & Wine and
- one from the August 1991 Bon Appetit. 6 to 8 servings
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- 1/4 pound bacon slices
- 2 onions, 1 small, quartered and 1 large, diced
- 1 bunch scallions, diced
- 2 celery stalks
- 3 medium baking potatoes, peeled and diced
- 2 pounds fresh minced clams (Rinse well; make sure there is no grit on them)
- Juice from clams plus water (or dry white wine if you choose) to make 1
- cup (If clam juice too gritty use 1/2 cup bottled clam juice and water or
- wine)
- 1 tsp. dried parsley
- 1/2 - 1 tsp. dried thyme, crumbled (to your taste)
- 1 bay leaf
- 1 garlic clove, minced
- 3 TBSP unsalted butter, softened
- 2 cups milk
- 2 cups heavy cream
- 2 TBSP all purpose flour
- Dash of hot pepper sauce (Tabasco or Outerbridges or your favorite)
- Dash of Worcestershire sauce
- Salt and freshly ground pepper
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- Bake the bacon strips in 350F oven until very crisp. Drain on paper towel.
- When cool enough to handle, dice and set aside. Meanwhile, in medium pot,
- simmer clams, juice and water combination, small quartered onion, bay
- leaf, parsley and one-third of the amount of thyme you will use just until
- cooked. Do not overcook or clams will be tough.Strain cooking liquid
- through a sieve. Reserve clams and juice separately; discard onion used in
- cooking clams.
- Melt 2 TBSP butter in skillet. Add chopped onion and cook for 1 minute.
- Add the garlic, celery, scallions, some more of the thyme and the diced
- bacon and cook until the vegetables are soft but not browned, about 5
- minutes. Add the potatoes and the reserved clam broth and bring to boil.
- Reduce the heat to moderately low, cover and cook until the potatoes are
- tender, about 15 minutes. Meanwhile, in a medium saucepan, heat the milk
- with the cream until hot but not boiling, about 5 minutes.
- In a small bowl, mix the remaining 1 TBSP butter with the flour until
- smooth. Whisk this paste into the chowder, 1 teaspoon at a time, and cook
- until no raw flour taste remains, about 2 minutes. Add the hot milk and
- cream, hot pepper sauce, Worcestershire sauce, rest of the thyme, salt and
- pepper to taste. Stir in the reserved clams and cook until heated through,
- about 1 minute. Ladle the chowder into bowls and garnish with chopped
- parsley or paprika. Serve with additional butter and hot pepper sauce, if
- desired.
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