Atlantic Clam Chowder Recipes

MOM'S NOVA SCOTIA SEAFOOD CHOWDER

Steps:

• Fill a large pot halfway with lightly salted water; bring to a boil. Add onions and carrots; cook until slightly tender, 10 minutes. Add potatoes; cook until tender, 15 to 20 minutes.
• Stir in salmon, cod, scallops, shrimp, lobster, and crab; cook over medium heat until salmon and cod are firm but chunks are still slightly translucent in the center, about 10 minutes. Drain half the water from the pot and add clams, heavy cream, and half-and-half. Place butter chunks atop the soup; season with salt and black pepper. Cover and simmer, stirring occasionally, until salmon and cod are fully cooked and flake easily with a fork, about 30 minutes.

LEGAL SEAFOOD'S CLAM CHOWDER RECIPE

Steps:

• Clean the clams and place them in a large pot along with the garlic and water. Steam the clams until they open (about 6 to 10 minutes, depending upon their size).
• Drain and shell the clams, reserving the broth in a bowl.
• Mince the clam flesh and set aside. Filter the clam broth either through coffee filters or cheesecloth and set aside.
• In a large, heavy pot slowly render the salt pork . Remove the cracklings and set them aside.
• Slowly cook the onions in the fat, stirring frequently for about 6 minutes, or until cooked through but not browned.
• Stir in the flour and cook while stirring continuously for 3 minutes.
• Add the reserved clam broth and fish stock, and whisk to remove any flour lumps .
• Bring the liquid to a boil, add the potatoes, lower the heat, and simmer until the potatoes are cooked through (about 15 minutes).
• Stir in the reserved clams, salt pork cracklings, and light cream. Heat the chowder until it is the temperature you prefer.
• Serve in large soup bowls with oyster crackers on the side. Recipe Source: "Legal Seafoods Cookbook" by George Berkowitz, Jane Doerfer (Doubleday). Reprinted with permission.

SEAFOOD CHOWDER (ATLANTIC CANADA) RECIPE - (4.5/5)

Steps:

• 1. Start by heating a large soup pot, preferably stainless steel (not non-stick) over medium high heat, then adding the bacon. Stir and fry the bacon until it's nicely browned. Pour off all but about a tablespoon of the fat that accumulates. 2. Reduce heat to medium and add the butter. 3. Add the onion and celery and saute gently for about five minutes until the onion is nice and soft. Add one (just one!) clove of the garlic and stir for a few seconds. 4. Add in the potato, the clam juice, water and bay leaves and bring the mixture to a rapid boil over high heat. 5. Keep the heat at medium-high and boil it hard for 10 minutes. This helps to release starch from the potato which helps to thicken the chowder later. 6. Reduce heat to medium-low and add in the seafood. Simmer very gently for five to eight minutes. 7. At this point, the chowder can be cooled and stored until you're ready to finish and serve it later. When ready to serve, add in the cream, a pinch of dried thyme, a very finely minced clove of garlic and salt and pepper to taste. 8. I personally like a chowder that has that rich flavour of fresh garlic (not too much though) and is very peppery. 9. Bring the pot just to a steaming hot (don't let it boil) temperature over medium-low heat, about ten minutes. Remove and discard the bay leaves. Serve with bread, biscuits or crackers and a side donair.

ATLANTIC CLAM CHOWDER

Steps:

• In a heavy saucepan, sauté side and back bacon until almost crisp.
• Add celery and onion and cook just until limp.
• Add stock and potato.
• Cover and simmer about 10 minutes.
• Add clams and simmer about 10 minutes.
• Add milk and heat to just below the boiling point.
• Add salt and pepper to taste.

ATLANTIC SEAFOOD CHOWDER

Steps:

• Preheat a heavy bottomed pot over medium high heat.
• Add bacon and cook slowly until crisp and golden, strain off fat.
• Add butter, diced onions, celery, minced garlic, fresh thyme and bay leaves.
• Sauté stirring occasionally until vegetables are tender but not browned, about 5 minutes.
• Add diced potatoes, clam juice, cream and broth, covering potatoes.
• Increase heat and bring to a simmer, cook 10 minutes, untl potatoes are tender. Carfully add salmon, halibut, and scallops, gently simmering until cooked through, about 2-3 minutes.
• Stir in lobster meat and season to taste with sea salt and pepper.
• Serve garnished with fresh chives and parsley.