Creamy Cracked Conch Chowder With Saffron, Coconut, And Oranges

Ingredients

Shellfish cream and garnish:

  • 1/4 cup olive oil
  • 1 Scotch bonnet chile, stem and seeds discarded, minced
  • 6 shallots, peeled and sliced thinly
  • 4 cloves garlic, peeled and thinly sliced
  • 12 small clams, scrubbed
  • 12 mussels, scrubbed and debearded
  • 1 star anise
  • 1 tablespoon roughly cracked black pepper
  • 3 cups freshly squeezed orange juice
  • 1 scant tablespoon saffron
  • 1 quart heavy cream
  • 1 cup coconut milk

Vegetable Garnish:

  • 6 new potatoes, scrubbed and diced medium
  • 2 ounces smoked slab bacon, rind removed
  • 1/2 cup pure olive oil
  • 3 tablespoons butter
  • 4 cloves garlic, sliced thinly
  • 1 poblano chile, stem and seeds discarded, minced
  • 1/2 red onion, peeled and diced medium
  • 2 large carrots, peeled and diced medium
  • 1/2 bulb fennel, cored and diced medium
  • 2 celery stalks, cleaned and diced medium
  • 1 red bell pepper, stem and seeds discarded, diced medium
  • 1 cup sweet corn kernels
  • Kosher salt and freshly cracked black pepper
  • 1/2 cup roughly chopped cilantro leaves
  • 2 bay leaves, broken

Conch:

  • 3/4 pound cleaned, pounded conch
  • Kosher salt and freshly cracked black pepper
  • 1/4 cup all-purpose flour
  • 2 eggs, beaten with 4 teaspoons half-and-half
  • 1 1/2 cups panko crumbs (Japanese)
  • Canola oil, to saute the conch
  • Orange sections, for garnish
  • Cilantro sprigs, for garnish
  • Toasted coconut, for garnish

Description

Food Network Invites You To Try This Creamy Cracked Conch Chowder With Saffron, Coconut, And Oranges Recipe.

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