Puget Sound Chowder Recipe - Cooking Index
Puget Sound Chowder Recipe - Cooking Index
| 2 tablespoons | 30ml | Olive oil |
| Vegetable oil or enough spray to coat pan | ||
| 1 | Yellow onion - peeled and diced (medium) | |
| 2 | Carrots - peeled and sliced | |
| 1/4 teaspoon | 1.3ml | Rushed red pepper flakes |
| 1 | Homemade fish stock or clam juice | |
| 3 tablespoons | 45ml | Fresh tarragon or basil - chopped |
| 2 | Celery - thinly sliced | |
| 1 | Russet potato - peeled and cubed (large) | |
| 16 | Fresh mussels - 1 pound | |
| 1/2 cup | 118ml | Dry white wine |
| 1 lb | 454g / 16oz | Medium prawns - shelled |
| 4 oz | 113g | Fresh scallops |
| 1 1/2 cups | 355ml | Heavy cream |
| 4 oz | 113g | Ling or true cod - cut into 2" pieces |
| 3 oz | 85g | Hard-smoked salmon |
| 1 tablespoon | 15ml | Lemon juice |
| Kosher salt - to taste | ||
| 2 tablespoons | 30ml | Fresh Italian parsley - chopped, for garnish |
In a medium-sized saucepan, saute onion in oil over medium heat, until translucent, 3 - 5 minutes. Add carrot, red pepper flakes, and fish stock, cover and cook until carrots begin to soften, about 10 minutes. Add herbs, celery, and potato, turn heat to low, and simmer for 10 more minutes so the flavors will blend. Meanwhile, poach mussels in wine for 5 - 6 minutes. Strain nectar into stock.
Pick the mussels from their shells and set aside. Add prawns, scallops, and cream to chowder and simmer until chowder thickens slightly, 3 - 5 minutes. Add fresh fish, smoked salmon, and lemon juice, and cook 2 - 3 minutes more. Taste and correct seasoning if necessary.
NOTES : Variation: Fresh Clam Chowder: substitute 3 lbs. washed fresh clams for all other fish or seafood. Follow first step above, eliminating the carrots. In a steamer or in a colander set in a larger pot, steam clams in wine. Strain nectar into stock, shell clams, and set aside.
Add cream to the stock and simmer on medium low heat until the chowder thickens slightly. Add clams and simmer for 5 more minutes.
Taste and correct seasoning with salt if necessary.
Source:
Heidi Rabel
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