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Geoduck Chowder
Recipe courtesy The Walrus and The Carpenter
- Total Time:
- 35 min
- Prep:
- 15 min |
- Inactive Prep:
- -- |
- Cook:
- 20 min
- Level:
- Easy
- Yield:
- 4 servings
Ingredients
- 4 pieces bacon, par-cooked and small dice, rendered fat reserved
- 2 tablespoons minced shallots
- 1 cup bottled clam juice or juice from geoduck
- 6 cups heavy cream
- 1/2 cup leeks, whites and greens, small dice, poached in cream
- 1/2 cup diced cooked potato, such as Maris Piper or Yellow Finn
- 1/4 cup minced fresh chives
- 1 geoduck clam, butchered, cleaned, and sliced 1 millimeter-thick against grain
- Salt and freshly ground black pepper
Directions
Preheat the broiler.
Heat the bacon fat in a heavy-bottomed pot and saute the shallots without coloring. Add the bacon and clam juice and cook until reduced by half. Stir in 4 cups of the cream and continue cooking until again reduced by half.
Stir in the remaining 2 cups cream, the leeks, potatoes, chives and clams and season with salt and pepper. Bring the chowder to a boil, and then ladle into 4 gratin dishes. Place the chowder under the broiler until golden brown and serve immediately.
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