Leek and clam chowder

Recipes / Soups

Somewhere between a soup and a stew, this one-pot wonder features mouth-watering layers of leeks, clams and vegetables.

Recipe «Leek and clam chowder» presented in category Recipes / Soups, to prepare this dish you will need no more 40 minutes. To make this dish at home by prescription from the author sheff would need: 1kg clams , soaked in water for 30 minutes, drained, 1/2 cup dry white wine, 3 leeks, white part only, halved lengthways, 2 carrots, 2 stalks celery , 300g rindless baconrashers, 2 tsp vegetable oil, 2 tsp thyme leaves, coarsely chopped , 2 tbsp plain flour, 3 cups fish stock, 500g potatoes , cooked whole, peeled, cut into 2 cm dice, 1/2 cup pouring cream, 2 tbsp chopped dill, plus extra sprigs to serve, 1 cup cooked chopped green beans.

Ingredients:

  • 1kg clams , soaked in water for 30 minutes, drained 
  • 1/2 cup dry white wine 
  • 3 leeks, white part only, halved lengthways 
  • 2 carrots 
  • 2 stalks celery 
  • 300g rindless baconrashers 
  • 2 tsp vegetable oil 
  • 2 tsp thyme leaves, coarsely chopped 
  • 2 tbsp plain flour 
  • 3 cups fish stock 
  • 500g potatoes , cooked whole, peeled, cut into 2 cm dice 
  • 1/2 cup pouring cream 
  • 2 tbsp chopped dill, plus extra sprigs to serve 
  • 1 cup cooked chopped green beans 

Instructions

  1. Place clams and wine in a saucepan then cover and cook over high heat for 5 minutes or until shells open. Set aside to cool, then strain cooking liquid through a fine sieve and reserve. Reserve 18 clams, then remove clam meat from remaining shells. Set aside.
  2. Chop leeks, carrots, celery and bacon very finely. Heat oil in a large saucepan over medium heat and cook bacon, stirring occassionally, for 10 minutes. Add chopped vegetables and thyme and cook, stirring, for 8 minutes or until tender. Add flour and stir for 3 minutes.
  3. Gradually stir fish stick and reserved cooking liquid from the clams into vegetables, then add potatoes. Brong to the boil and cook for 10 minutes. Add clam meat, cream, dill and beans. Cook without boiling until heated through. Serve topped with reserved clams and dill sprigs.