Cod Chowder With Saffron And Potatoes Food

POTATO FISH CHOWDER

Steps:

• Melt butter in a 5-quart saucepan over medium heat. Cook and stir onion, celery, and garlic in melted butter until onion is tender, 5 to 7 minutes.
• Stir flour into the vegetable mixture until the vegetables are evenly coated. Pour clam juice and water into the saucepan; whisk until smooth. Add potatoes, bay leaf, and thyme to the mixture. Bring the liquid to a boil, reduce heat to medium-low, and cook at a simmer until the potatoes are tender, about 15 minutes.
• Gently stir cod into the soup. Place a cover on the saucepan and cook until the cod is flaky, about 8 minutes.
• Pour milk into the soup; stir. Simmer soup until hot, 1 to 2 minutes. Season with salt and black pepper. Remove bay leaf to serve.

CODFISH CHOWDER

Steps:

• Cook bacon in a soup pot over medium heat until crisp and brown, about 10 minutes. Remove bacon with a slotted spoon, leaving drippings in the pot. Cook and stir onion and red bell pepper until softened, about 5 minutes; season with salt and pepper. Stir in garlic and seafood seasoning and cook and stir 2 more minutes.
• Pour in chicken broth and stir in potatoes and corn; add water if needed to cover vegetables. Bring to a boil and reduce heat to low; simmer until potatoes are tender, about 15 minutes. Stir in milk and butter until butter has melted; mix in reserved bacon. Bring the soup just to the boiling point and stir in cod and parsley; cook, stirring occasionally, until fish flakes easily, 5 to 8 minutes.

NEWFOUNDLAND COD CHOWDER

Steps:

• In a large, heavy saucepan, cook bacon over medium high heat for about 10 minutes or until crisp.
• Chop the cooked bacon coarsely and set aside.
• Drain off all but 1 tablespoons bacon fat from saucepan.
• Add onions and savory to the saucepan. Cook, stirring occasionally, for 5 minutes or until softened.
• Add potatoes, carrots, water and salt.
• Bring to boil. Cover; reduce heat and simmer for about 20 minutes or until tender.
• Add the cod chunks; simmer for about 5 minutes or until fish flakes easily.
• Add milk and pepper, heat through.
• Serve in bowls and garnish with the bacon and chives.

COD WITH POTATOES, PEPPERS AND SAFFRON

Steps:

• Heat the olive oil in a large wide pot over medium-high heat. Add the onion and bell pepper and cook, stirring occasionally, until tender, about 5 minutes. Add the garlic and cook, stirring, until softened, about 30 seconds. Add the potatoes and stir to coat. Add the chicken broth, bay leaves, 3/4 teaspoon salt, the saffron and red pepper flakes. Bring to a boil, then reduce the heat to maintain a steady simmer. Cover the pot and cook until the potatoes are mostly tender, 8 to 10 minutes.
• Season the cod with salt, then add to the pot; submerge about halfway in the broth, with the top of the fish exposed. Cover and simmer until the fish is cooked through, 8 to 10 minutes. Carefully remove with a spatula and transfer to shallow bowls.
• Gently stir the lemon juice into the pot; season with salt and more red pepper flakes. Spoon the vegetables and broth over the fish, sprinkle with the parsley and serve with the lemon wedges.

COD CHOWDER WITH SAFFRON AND POTATOES

Steps:

• Cook bacon in heavy large pot over medium heat until crisp. Using slotted spoon, transfer to paper towels to drain.
• Add leeks to same pot. Cover and cook until leeks are very tender, stirring frequently, about 4 minutes.
• Add clam juice, potatoes, 1/2 cup water/wine, thyme, and saffron. Bring to boil; reduce heat to medium and cover. Simmer until potatoes are just tender, stirring occasionally, about 7 minutes.
• Stir in cream and reserved bacon. Season chowder to taste with salt and pepper.
• Sprinkle cod with salt and pepper; place atop chowder. Cover and cook until cod is opaque in center, about 10 minutes.
• Using slotted spoon, transfer 1 cod fillet to each of 6 bowls. Ladle chowder over fish and serve.

SUMMER CORN AND COD CHOWDER

Steps:

• In a large saucepan, cook bacon over medium heat until crisp, 6 minutes. Transfer to a paper towel-lined plate; crumble. In same pan, sauté scallion whites for 2 minutes. Add garlic; sauté 1 minute. Add flour; cook, stirring frequently, 2 minutes. Stir in potatoes, milk, broth, thyme, salt and pepper; bring to a boil. Reduce heat to medium-low; simmer 10 minutes. Stir in fish, corn and 2/3 bacon; simmer 5 minutes. Stir in half-and-half and 3/4 scallion greens; simmer 2 minutes. Ladle into bowls and garnish with remaining scallion greens and bacon.

ROCK COD CHOWDER IN SAFFRON-TOMATO BROTH

Steps:

• Soak the saffron in the boiling water for at least 15 minutes while you prepare the other ingredients.
• Working over the can of tomatoes, break open each tomato, scrape the seeds into the can, and put the seeded tomatoes in a bowl. Squeeze the seeded tomatoes in your hand to break them up thoroughly, then strain the juice from the can into the bowl with the tomatoes. Discard the seeds and set the bowl aside.
• Heat the olive oil in a large Dutch oven or similar soup pot over medium heat. Add the leek, diced fennel bulb, thyme, bay leaf, and 1/2 teaspoon salt and cook, stirring, until the fennel starts to soften, 4 to 5 minutes. Increase the heat to medium-high and add the wine. Cook until the liquid is reduced by half, 3 to 4 minutes.
• Add the stock, tomatoes, potatoes, the saffron and soaking liquid, and 1 teaspoon salt. Bring the liquid to a boil, partially cover the pot, and lower the heat to maintain a bare simmer. Cook, occasionally skimming the scum off the top, until the potatoes and fennel are tender, 20 to 30 minutes.
• Meanwhile, cut the fish into 1- to 2-inch pieces and season with 1/2 teaspoon salt.
• Add the lemon juice to the soup, then taste and add more lemon juice or salt as needed. Add the fish, along with the fennel fronds if you have them. Cook until the fish is just cooked through and flakes easily, 5 to 10 minutes. If necessary, use a spoon to gently break the fish into smaller chunks.
• Serve right away. If you need to reheat, do so gently and briefly to avoid overcooking the fish.

SEARED COD WITH CHOWDER SAUCE

Steps:

• Melt the butter in a pan. Cook the shallot and lardons or bacon for about 5 mins until softened. Add the wine, potato and 50ml water. Cover, then cook for 10 mins, stirring often, until nearly softened. Tip in the clams, cover, then cook for 5 mins until they have opened - discard any that don't. Stir through the sweetcorn and cream, and keep warm.
• Heat a non-stick frying pan until smoking. Add the oil, swirl it around, then put the fillets in, skin-side down. Season, then cook for 3-5 mins until the skin is crisp. Carefully turn over, then cook for 2 mins more until just cooked through. Spoon the creamy potato mixture into 2 shallow bowls. Place a cod fillet in each and sprinkle with chives.

COD FISH AND POTATO CHOWDER

Steps:

• In a large saucepan over high heat, cook the bacon until the fat has rendered and the bacon is beginning to caramelize around the edges, 3 to 4 minutes.
• Add the onion and leek and cook, stirring frequently, until the vegetables are tender, 4 to 6 minutes.
• Add the garlic and cook for 1minute, stirring.
• Add the flour and thyme and cook, stirring, until the flour is very light golden, about 2 minutes.
• Add the white wine and whisk to combine.
• Add the fish broth, bay leaf and potatoes and bring to a boil.
• Reduce the heat to a simmer and cook, stirring occasionally, until the potatoes are very tender, 20 to 30 minutes.
• Add the milk and cream and cook for 10 minutes.
• Season, to taste, with salt and pepper.
• Add the cod, return the soup to a simmer, and cook until the fish is just cooked through, 1 to 2 minutes.
• Serve immediately in shallow bowls, each garnished with a pinch of parsley and a pat of butter.