Smooth and creamy clam chowder, celery-branch leaves
Brunch, Soups & Broths, Vegetables and Fruits, Fish, Seafood & Shellfish
Welcome to the american noth east with this warming and tasty dish.
You can adapt this recipe with mussels or oysters.
Ingredients
Recipe for 4Clam soup
Croutons
Last touch
- Salt and pepper
Preparation time: 60 min
Preheat your Oven at 415 °F
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Prep
Cut 0.5 cm thick lardons into the bacon.
Chisel the onion, finely chop the garlic.
Peel and cut the potatoes in small cubes (brunoise). Finely dice in brunoise the celery.
Drain the clams, keep the juice.
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Clam chowder
In a large pan, cook the bacon until golden brown and crispy, then remove it and put it on some kitchen roll.
In the same pan, sweat the onion and the garlic in the bacon fat until translucent. Add salt and pepper to taste, add flour and stir well (without coloration).
Add the clam juice, bring to a boil while stirring.
Add water, the potatoes, the celery and bring to a boil.
Lower the heat, stew for 20 minutes, once the veggies are cooked, add the clams and the cream.
Taste for seasoning, adjust if necessary, add the bacon and keep warm until ready to serve.
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Croutons
Cut the baguette in small cubes, toss them in a pan with some butter, season with salt and pepper and place them on a baking tray. Put them under the broil of the oven to give them a nice blond color.
Remove onto some kitchen roll.
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Plating and last touch
In a bowl or a shallow plate that you previously warmed up, pour in a generous ladle of chowder and sprinkle some croutons on top.
Finish with some celery leaves et fresh ground pepper.
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