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:

4 cups

Clam (fresh)

3 cups

Milk

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