Time 1h45m Yield 4 to 6 servings Number Of Ingredients 26 Steps:
Place a large pot or rondeau on the stove and add 3 cups water. Bring the water to a boil and add the clams. Cook until the clams pop open. Though it is important to stir the clams as they cook, take care because the shells are fragile and break easily. Put the clams in a colander and reserve the cooking liquid. Shell the clams; discard the shells and reserve the clam meat and the liquid separately. Add the bacon to another large pot and cook over medium heat until crispy. Drain the bacon with a slotted spoon onto a paper towel, dust with Aleppo pepper and set aside. Add the butter to the bacon fat in the pot and quickly cook the celery, about 1 minute. Sprinkle with salt and black pepper. Remove the celery with a slotted spoon and set aside. Add the garlic, leeks and onions to the pot and sprinkle with salt and black pepper. Cook until the vegetables become tender and translucent, 3 to 5 minutes. Add the vermouth. Continue to cook until almost all of the liquid has evaporated, 8 to 12 minutes. Meanwhile, in another large pot, combine the cream, thyme, potatoes and bay leaves. Bring the mixture to a gentle simmer and cook until the potatoes are tender, 5 to 8 minutes. Sprinkle with salt and black pepper. Add a splash of hot sauce and Worcestershire. Stir to blend. Taste for seasoning. There is a good chance there will be grit in the clam cooking liquid. Strain it and add it to the onion/leek mixture. Stir to blend. Taste for seasoning. Combine with the potato mixture. Add the clam meat, reserved celery, tarragon and dill. Remove and discard the bay leaves. Add the marsala. Taste for seasoning. Add more cream and water if needed. Top with the bacon just before serving and serve with the Baked Bread. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Arrange the bread on a baking sheet in a single layer. Melt the butter in a small skillet over low heat and add the garlic. Sprinkle with salt and white pepper. Heat gently for 1 minute. Use a pastry brush to coat the bread slices with the butter. Pour any remaining butter into the bottom of the baking sheet. Dust the bread with the paprika and dill seeds. Place the baking sheet in the center of the oven and bake until the slices are browned and crispy, 12 to 15 minutes. Remove and cool for a minute before serving alongside the soup.
Time 1h Yield 6 servings Number Of Ingredients 17 Steps:
Put clams in a large deep skillet and add 4 cups water. Cover tightly with lid and bring to a boil over high heat. Reduce heat to medium-high and continue cooking until all clams have opened, about 5 minutes. Remove lid and let clams cool. Shuck clams, discarding shells, and reserve in small bowl. Strain broth through a fine-meshed sieve. You should have about 3 1/2 cups clam juice. Keep warm over low heat. Put olive oil and butter in a wide heavy-bottomed soup pot over medium-high heat. Add onion and leek, season with salt, pepper and cayenne, and cook until softened, about five minutes. Add celery, bay leaves and thyme sprig and cook for 5 minutes more. Meanwhile, bring 1 cup water to a boil in a small pot. Cut bacon crosswise into 1/2-inch lardons. Simmer lardons for 2 minutes, then drain. Add lardons to soup pot, along with potatoes. Season generously, stir to coat and cook for 1 minute. Add 3 1/2 cups warm clam broth and bring pot to a boil. Reduce to a simmer and cook until potatoes are tender, about 7 to 10 minutes. Check seasoning. Just before serving, add reserved shucked clams, stir in spinach and heat through. Stir together crème fraîche and lemon zest and season to taste. Ladle soup into wide bowls. Add a tablespoon of crème fraîche mixture to each bowl and sprinkle with dill and scallions.
Time 55m Yield 5 servings. Number Of Ingredients 13 Steps:
In a Dutch oven, cook bacon over medium heat until crisp. Remove to paper towels to drain; set aside. Saute celery and onion in the drippings until tender. Add garlic; cook 1 minute longer. Stir in the potatoes, water, clam juice, bouillon, pepper and thyme. Bring to a boil. Reduce heat; simmer, uncovered, until potatoes are tender, 15-20 minutes., In a small bowl, combine flour and 1 cup half-and-half until smooth. Gradually stir into soup. Bring to a boil; cook and stir until thickened, 1-2 minutes., Stir in clams and remaining half-and-half; heat through (do not boil). Crumble the cooked bacon; sprinkle over each serving.
Time 1h15m Yield 4-6 serving(s) Number Of Ingredients 9 Steps:
Add bacon to sauce pan and cook on medium low heat until crispy. Add onion and cook until translucent. Add clam juice from both cans. Add potatoes. Cook and cover until potatoes are fork tender, about 15-20 minutes. Stir occasionally so potatoes won’t stick. Add clams, soup, cream, milk, and dill weed. Stir together. Add butter and let melt into the chowder. Cook for about 30-45 minutes or until thickened. Stir occasionally.
Time 45m Yield 6 Number Of Ingredients 11 Steps:
In a blender, combine onion, garlic and enough water to make a smooth paste. Set aside. In a large pot, combine potatoes, celery, salt, pepper, onion mixture and juice from clams. Augment with enough water to cover. Bring to a boil, then reduce heat and simmer until potatoes are soft, 20 minutes. Stir in half-and-half and sugar. Combine melted butter and flour, then whisk into soup. Cook and stir until thickened. Stir in clams and adjust seasonings.
Time 1h Yield 4 to 6 servings Number Of Ingredients 12 Steps:
In a deep stockpot, melt the butter over medium heat. Add the onions and celery and saute until translucent, about 4 minutes. Sprinkle in the flour and stir. Let the flour cook for 1 to 2 minutes. Add 8 cups water and the clam base and whisk vigorously, making sure there are no lumps from the flour. Bring the mixture to a boil, reduce to a simmer, and stir in the potatoes and chopped clams. Simmer for 20 minutes. Add the cream, dill, and season with salt and pepper, to taste. Bring back to a boil, reduce to a simmer, and cook until thickened, another 20 minutes. Check for seasoning, add a few dashes hot sauce, and serve with your favorite crusty bread.
Time 1h Yield 8 servings Number Of Ingredients 13 Steps:
Drain clams, reserving juice. Add enough water to clam juice to measure 1 cup. Cook bacon in large saucepan until crisp. Remove bacon from saucepan; drain on paper towels. Discard all but 1 Tbsp. drippings from saucepan. Add potatoes, onions, dill, bouillon cube, red pepper and clam juice mixture to drippings in saucepan; stir. Bring to boil; cover. Simmer on medium-low heat 10 min. or until potatoes are tender, stirring occasionally. Remove half the potatoes from saucepan with slotted spoon. Mash with fork; return to mixture in saucepan. Whisk milk and flour until smooth. Add to potato mixture along with the carrots. Cook and stir, uncovered, 4 to 5 min. or until slightly thickened. Stir in scallops and clams. Bring to boil. Simmer on medium-low heat 1 to 2 min. or until scallops are opaque. Stir in sherry and sour cream. Crumble bacon; serve sprinkled over chowder.
Yield Makes 6 servings Number Of Ingredients 13 Steps:
Stir salt pork pieces in heavy large pot over medium-low heat until crisp and golden, about 20 minutes. Using slotted spoon, remove salt pork pieces and discard. Add chopped onion, chopped celery and dried thyme to drippings in pot. Increase heat to medium and sauté until vegetables are pale golden, about 10 minutes. Add crushed crackers and stir until beginning to color, about 3 minutes. Add reserved juices from clams, potatoes and 2 1/2 cups bottled clam juice to pot. Bring mixture to boil. Reduce heat to low, partially cover pot and simmer until potatoes are almost tender, about 15 minutes. Add cod fillet pieces; simmer until fish is cooked through and potatoes are tender, about 5 minutes longer. Add 1 cup half and half, whipping cream and canned baby clams. Cook just until heated through, about 5 minutes (do not boil). Mix in chopped dill. Season chowder to taste with salt and pepper. Ladle seafood chowder into serving bowls. Top each bowl with heaping tablespoon of Smoked Salmon Butter and serve immediately.
Time 15m Yield 4 servings Number Of Ingredients 13 Steps:
In a large, deep pot, fry the pork in the water over medium heat until the water is gone and the pork is lightly browned and well rendered. Add onions and garlic and cook until the onion is translucent. Add wine and clams, then cover and steam until the clams open. Remove clam shells from clams. Chop the clams fine and return to the pot. Add spinach, basil and peppers and simmer four minutes. Run a sharp knife down all the rows of corn kernels and, using the back of a stiff knife, scrape the kernels off the cob onto a plate. Add kernels to the pot and boil one minute. Add milk and cream and return to the boil. Season to taste with salt and pepper.
Time 45m Yield 16 serving(s) Number Of Ingredients 18 Steps:
Over medium high heat, cook chopped bacon in olive oil until crisp, remove and set aside. Saute onion, green pepper, garlic and dried peppers (if using) in left over oil until soft but not brown (3-5 minutes). Reduce heat to medium, add flour and whisk to form roux; cook roux until slightly toasty - do not let brown (3 minutes). Add stock or water 2 cups at a time, whisking to prevent lumps. Add corn, spinach and butter; simmer 10 minutes. Add milk, cream, reserved bacon bits and seasonings to taste, stir and simmer 5-10 additional minutes. Optional If soup is not thick enough, dissolve cornstarch in cold water, then add to soup and stir until thickened.
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Time 55m Yield 8 servings. Number Of Ingredients 15 Steps:
In a Dutch oven or large saucepan, cook bacon until crisp. Remove to paper towels; set aside. , In a large skillet, saute onions and celery in drippings for 5 minutes or until crisp-tender. Add the potatoes, broth, dill, celery seed, salt and pepper. Bring to a boil. Reduce heat; cover and simmer for 15 minutes or until potatoes are tender. Add 2-1/2 cups of milk., Combine flour and remaining milk; stir into soup. Bring to a boil; cook and stir for 2 minutes or until thickened. add the haddock, cream, spinach and clams. Cook and stir until heated through. Garnish with bacon.
