Steps to Prepare Ultimate New England Clam Chowder

New England Clam Chowder.

New England Clam Chowder

Hello everybody, it is Louise, welcome to our recipe site. Today, we're going to make a distinctive dish, new england clam chowder. One of my favorites food recipes. For mine, I'm gonna make it a little bit tasty. This is gonna smell and look delicious.

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To begin with this particular recipe, we have to prepare a few components. You can have new england clam chowder using 15 ingredients and 8 steps. Here is how you cook it.

The ingredients needed to make New England Clam Chowder:

{Prepare 4 slices of bacon.
{Get 2 Tbsp of butter.
{Take 2 of celery ribs.
{Take 1 of large carrot.
{Prepare 2 of leeks, white and light green.
{Take 2 of russet potatoes.
{Take 1 ear of sweet corn.
{Get 2 (8 oz) of bottles clam juice.
{Prepare 3 (6.5 oz) of cans chopped clams.
{Prepare 3 Tbsp of flour.
{Get 1 cup of heavy cream.
{Prepare 1 tsp of chopped fresh thyme.
{Get 2 Tbsp of chopped fresh parsley.
{Make ready 2 of bay leaves.
{Get to taste of black pepper, cayenne pepper and salt.

Instructions to make New England Clam Chowder:

Cut root and dark green from leeks. Cut in half lengthwise and thinly slice. Add to large bowl of cold water. Swish around to clean out the dirt and sand. Remove from water with slotted spoon..
Chop celery and carrot into fine dice. Cut corn from cob. Peel and chop potatoes into small 1/2" dice. Put potatoes in cold water until ready to use..
Add bacon to pot and cook on med-low until crisp. Remove for later garnish and save drippings in pot..
To the bacon grease add butter, leeks, carrots and celery. Cook until soft - about 10 minutes..
Add flour and cook 1-2 minutes. Add clam juice and liquid from strained clams. Turn heat to medium and bring to boil..
Add potatoes, corn, bay leaves, thyme, parsley, black pepper and cayenne pepper. I did not add salt because the bacon, clam juice and clams had sufficient salt. Taste and add salt if needed..
When potatoes are fork tender, turn heat back to med-low. Add clams and heavy cream. Heat 5-10 minutes. Remove bay leaves before serving..
Serve with reserved bacon for garnish. Enjoy!.

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