Clarissa's Clam Chowder
Serves: 5
Ashlynn O'Reilly
1 January 1970
Based on User reviews:
37
Spice
64
Sweetness
57
Sourness
47
mins
Prep time (avg)
4.1
Difficulty
Ingredients:
Directions:
1
Shuck the clams or steam them open using a little white wine
2
Keep all the liquor from the shells
3
In a heavy frying pan slowly fry the bacon and onions until golden; transfer to a saucepan
4
Add the boiling water, potatoes and pepper and simmer for about 15 minutes or until the potatoes are tender
5
Add the clams, with their liquor, and the milk
6
Bring to the boil and cook for 5 minutes
7
Remove from the heat and allow to sit for 1 hour
8
Just before serving, reheat the chowder
9
Ladle into bowls over crumbled crackers
10
You can get rid of alot of anger by putting your packets of crackers in a plastic bag and throwing them on the floor repeatedly, until they reach the required state of crumb
11
Or stamp on them, says my friend Claire Macdonald