Seafood Chowder

Ingredients

Ingredients
  • 1 tbsp olive or sunflower oil

  • 110g/4oz streaky bacon, rind removed, cut into 5mm/¼ in dice

  • 175-225g/6-8oz onions, chopped

  • 25g/1oz flour

  • 850ml/1½ pints homemade fish stock or, if no fish stock, water

  • 425ml/¾ pint milk

  • Bouquet garni made up of 6 parsley stalks, 2 sprigs of thyme and 1 bay leaf

  • 6 medium-sized potatoes, e.g. Golden Wonder, cut into 5mm/¼ in dice.

  • salt and freshly ground pepper

  • pinch of mace

  • pinch of cayenne pepper

  • 700g/1½ lb haddock, monkfish, cod or other firm white fish (or a mixture), free of bones and skin

  • 150ml/¼ pint single cream

  • 450g/1lb mixed cooked shellfish - mussels, clams, scallops, shrimps or prawns and the cooking liquor.

To serve
  • freshly chopped parsley and chives

  • crusty bread and butter

Description

Recipe Uses 1 Tbsp Olive Or Sunflower Oil, 110g/4oz Streaky Bacon, Rind Removed, Cut Into 5mm/¼ In Dice, 175-225g/6-8oz Onions, Chopped, 25g/1oz...

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