Saturday, February 26, 2011

New England Clam Chowder

2 (6.5oz) cans minced clams
4oz salt pork or bacon, diced
3c chopped potatoes
1 large onion, chopped
2c milk
1c light cream
3T all-purpose flour
1/2tsp dried thyme

*drain clams and reserve liquid.  add enough water to reserved clam juice to measure 2c, set aside
*cook pork or bacon un saucepan until crisp, remove meat saving oil in pan
*into pan place clam liquid, potatoes and onion.  Cook about 15min until potatoes are tender
*stir in clams, 1 1/2c milk, cream
*into remaining 1/2c milk mix flour, thyme and salt and pepper to taste; stir this into pan
*cook and stir until thickened and buggly
*serve with pork/bacon on top

(When I made this I had no bacon, so I just added a little extra salt and a dash of cayenne pepper.  Also, I started the onion cooking in canola to soften before adding in the potatoes, then I added the milk, etc)

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