Clam Chowder Tart Food

CLAM CHOWDER

Steps:

• First, shuck the clams and remove the bellies. Clean the clams and then chop them into small pieces. Put to the side until ready to add to the pot.
• Heat the butter in a stockpot over medium-high heat. Add the celery and sweet onion and cook, mixing often, until they begin to soften. Next, sprinkle in the salt, black pepper and seafood boil seasoning. Add the self-rising flour to make a roux. Reduce the heat to medium-low. Stir in the clams and clam juice.
• Meanwhile, cook the bacon and finely chop. Add to the pot. Add the potatoes along with the scallions. Stir to combine. Lastly, add the milk and half-and-half. Stir to warm. Serve in a bowl with parsley as a garnish.

CLAM CHOWDER

Steps:

• Rinse the clams in several changes of cold water and drain well. Tip the clams into a large pan with 500ml of water. Cover, bring to the boil and simmer for 2 mins until the clams have just opened. Tip the contents of the pan into a colander over a bowl to catch the clam stock. When cool enough to handle, remove the clams from their shells - reserving a handful of empty shells for presentation if you want. Strain the clam stock into a jug, leaving any grit in the bottom of the bowl. You should have around 800ml stock.
• Heat the butter in the same pan and sizzle the bacon for 3-4 mins until it starts to brown. Stir in the onion, thyme and bay and cook everything gently for 10 mins until the onion is soft and golden. Scatter over the flour and stir in to make a sandy paste, cook for 2 mins more, then gradually stir in the clam stock then the milk and the cream.
• Throw in the potatoes, bring everything to a simmer and leave to bubble away gently for 10 mins or until the potatoes are cooked. Use a fork to crush a few of the potato chunks against the side of the pan to help thicken - you still want lots of defined chunks though. Stir through the clam meat and the few clam shells, if you've gone down that route, and simmer for a minute to reheat. Season with plenty of black pepper and a little salt, if needed, then stir through the parsley just before ladling into bowls or hollowed-out crusty rolls.

CLAM CHOWDER

Steps:

• In medium saucepan add: salt, celery, potatoes, onion,"juice" from the 2 cans of clams.
• Add just enough water to cover mixture.
• Simmer 8-10 minute or until potatoes are tender.
• Meanwhile: In a large stockpot, bring to boil 1 half and half and butter stirring constantly.
• Mix together cornstarch and milk.
• Slowly stir into half and half mixture while boiling, stirring rapidly, remove from heat.
• Stir in vegetable mixture.
• Add red wine vinegar.
• Add clams and Fresh pepper to taste!
• DO NOT BOIL CLAMS!
• Enjoy!

CLAM CHOWDER TART

Steps:

• Place oven rack on highest level. Preheat oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C). Set prebaked tart shell on a baking sheet (see Editor's Note).
• Chop the clams finely, and reserve 1/2 cup of the liquid. Beat the eggs well, and add clam liquid, cream, nutmeg, salt, and pepper. Whisk until smooth, and stir in the clams.
• Fry the bacon over moderate heat until crisp, and then remove from pan and set aside. Leave about half a tablespoon of bacon grease in the pan, and add onion. Cook and stir until the onion has softened and turned translucent, about 5 minutes. clam mixture. Crumble the bacon into mixture, then pour into mixture into pastry shell.
• Crumble the bacon into the tart shell; add onion. Carefully pour custard into shell and transfer to preheated oven.
• Bake on the top rack until center is set, or until a knife inserted in center comes out clean, about 25 minutes. Serve hot or warm.

CLAM CHOWDER

Steps:

• Drain the clams, adding the juice from the cans to a large stock pot. Set the clams aside.
• Add chicken broth and diced potatoes to the pot (the liquid should just barely cover the potatoes). Bring to a simmer, add the bay leaf, and cook until the potatoes are barely fork tender, about 5-6 minutes.
• While the potatoes cook, in a second pot, heat the butter and olive oil over medium heat until the butter is melted. Add the onions, celery, bell peppers and garlic and cook until tender, about 4-5 minutes.
• Stir in the flour and cook for 30 seconds. Gradually stir in the milk and half and half, whisking as you add them to break up any clumps of flour. Bring mixture to a simmer and cook until the thickened, about 5 minutes
• Stir the creamy mixture into the potatoes. Stir in the salt, pepper, vinegar, and reserved clams. Cook for 5 more minutes.

CREAMY SEAFOOD CHOWDER

Steps:

• In medium saucepan, boil the cut potatoes until they are fork tender and then drain them.
• Melt 2 tbsp of butter in a large stock pot, then add the onion and cook until they're translucent. Add the celery, cooked potatoes, basil, and pepper to the stock pot, then saute for another 10 minutes. Now, add the clam juice to the pot, bring to a boil, and simmer, uncovered for another 15 minutes. Add your shrimp and scallops to the broth and continue to simmer.
• When the broth has been simmering for about 10 minutes, begin to make your roux by melting the remaining butter in a small saucepan. Whisk in the flour then cook over low heat until it browns, stirring constantly, about 2-3 minutes.
• Ladle some of the simmering broth into the roux and whisk them together until smooth. Add this mixture to the chowder broth and allow it to simmer for a few minutes until the broth has thickened.
• Add the clams and your half and half or cream to the stockpot and simmer for a few more minutes, until the chowder is heated through and the clams are cooked. Salt to taste.

NEW ENGLAND CLAM CHOWDER

Steps:

• In a Dutch oven or large pot over medium heat, add bacon and cook until crisp, about 5 minutes. Remove bacon from pot, drain on paper towels, and crumble. Set aside.
• To the bacon fat, add onion and celery and cook until softened, about 5 minutes. Stir in garlic and thyme until fragrant, about 30 seconds.
• Stir in potatoes, water, clam juice, and chicken base. Bring to boil, reduce heat, and simmer uncovered until potatoes are tender, about 15 to 20 minutes.
• In a small bowl, whisk together 1 cup half-and-half and flour until smooth. Gradually stir into soup, return to a simmer, and cook until thickened, about 1 to 2 minutes longer. Season to taste with salt and pepper (I like 1 teaspoon salt and 1/2 teaspoon pepper).
• Add clams and their juice and remaining 1 cup half-and-half and stir until heated through, about 1 minute. Garnish each serving with bacon and oyster crackers.

CLAM CHOWDER

Steps:

• Cook potatoes in salted water until tender, about 25 minutes. Drain. Mash lightly.
• In a saucepan, melt butter over medium heat and saute onion and garlic until translucent, and starting to go a light gold, 6-8 minutes.
• Add the half and half and cream, ¾ cup reserved clam juice, salt, thyme and white pepper and heat to scalding.
• Add potatoes and clams.
• Bring to simmer, stirring frequently. Thin with some milk if desired.
• Serve immediately, floating 1 pat of butter per bowl of soup and dusting with parsley.

AUTHENTIC MINORCAN CLAM CHOWDER

Steps:

• Take 4 oz. of salt pork and cut up into tiny pieces. Place in a soup pot and cook for 10 minutes.
• When the salt pork is browned, scoop out and place on a paper towel (leave the fat in the pan), and with the remaining rendered fat add the diced onion, green pepper, and carrots.
• Cook 5-10 minutes until the onions look translucent (clear). Note: If there is not enough fat rendering to cook the vegetables, add one tablespoon of olive oil.
• Stir in one 15 oz. can of diced tomatoes, 3 tablespoons of tomato paste, all the seasonings (use fresh or dried) - garlic, oregano, rosemary, thyme, and salt. Add one minced datil pepper, or 2-3 teaspoons of datil hot sauce (to taste).
• Next, add the 8-ounce bottle of clam juice and 2 cups of fish stock. Let it simmer on low heat for 1 hour.
• Place the 2-dozen fresh clams in a colander in the sink. Lightly scrub the outside of the clams and rinse to remove any dirt or sand.
• Place the clams in a large pan over medium-high heat with 1/3 cup of water. Cover the pan and cook the clams for approximately 10 minutes. When the clams open, they are cooked. Remove from stove.
• Back at the sink, place the clams in the colander, let drain. Any clams that do not open, throw away.
• When the clams cool, remove the meat from the shells. Chop the clam meat into diced pieces. Discard the remaining clamshells. Set clams aside.
• Add one cup of the diced potatoes to the soup and cook for approximately 20 minutes or until the potatoes are tender but not mushy.
• Add the chopped clams and cooked salt pork. Cook just long enough until the clams and pork are heated through (5 minutes).
• Taste and adjust seasonings if necessary. This is a soup that tastes even better the next day because the flavors have had more time to meld together.