Fennel and Seafood Chowder

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4.9

150 reviews
Excellent
  • Prep Time

    20 mins

  • Cook Time

    20 mins

  • Total Time

    50 mins

  • Servings

    4 servings

  • Course

    Soup

  • Cuisine

    French

Fennel and Seafood Chowder

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Ingredients

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  • 1 onion finely diced
  • 1 stalk celery finely diced
  • 1 small leek finely diced
  • 1/2 head fennel finely diced, save fronds and set aside
  • 2 cloves garlic chopped
  • 125 ml white wine
  • 1 tablespoon thyme
  • 150 grams baby clams tinned, drained weight
  • 100 grams baby shrimp peeled
  • 200 grams white fish boneless, cut into small-bite sized pieces
  • 375 milliliters fish stock clam broth can be incorporated into this measurement
  • 60 g crispy bacon chopped
  • 750 milliliters fresh cream
  • 250 grams potatoes diced
  • 1 tablespoon flour
  • butter
  • black pepper freshly ground
  • 3/4 cup water
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Instructions

  1. Rub 1 tbsp of butter into a couple tablespoons of flour.
  2. In a medium sauce pan, pour the cream and put over medium heat.
  3. Once cream is warm, whisk in the flour and butter mix, leave on low flame.
  4. In a medium sized heavy based pot over medium-high heat put a couple tbsps of butter and sauté off the onion, celery, fennel, leek, garlic until soft and translucent add a little cracked black pepper.
  5. Increase the heat to high, add the white wine and reduce.
  6. Add the cream and stock and it bring to the boil and reduce to a simmer for 10 minutes.
  7. Add the potatoes, thyme and bacon and cook for a further 5 minutes.
  8. Add the clams, shrimp, fish and ¾ cup (180 ml) of water.
  9. Simmer a further 10 minutes or until the potatoes are tender and the fish has cooked through.
  10. Taste for seasoning and serve with a sprinkle of the fennel fronds.

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