Corn Clam And Mussel Chowder Recipes

CORN, CLAM, AND MUSSEL CHOWDER

Steps:

• Heat a large Dutch oven over medium heat. Add bacon to pan; cook 5 minutes or until browned, stirring occasionally.
• Add onion, celery, and chopped thyme to pan; cook 8 minutes or until softened, stirring frequently. Add potato and bottled juice; bring to a boil.
• Reduce heat to medium-low; cook, covered, 9 minutes or until potatoes are tender.
• Stir in corn and mussels; bring to a boil. Cover and cook 5 minutes or until mussels open; discard any unopened shells.
• Combine half-and-half, milk, and flour in a small bowl; stir with a whisk. Stir half-and-half mixture and clams into pan; cook 2 minutes or until slightly thickened.
• Stir in 2 tablespoons reserved clam liquid and salt. Garnish with thyme sprigs, if desired.

CLAM AND CORN CHOWDER

Steps:

• Melt the butter in a large stockpot over moderate heat. Saute the onions for 10 minutes. Add the carrots, celery, corn and potatoes and saute 2 minutes longer. Pour in the clam juice. Bring to a boil, reduce to a simmer and cook 30 minutes.
• Meanwhile, bring the white wine to a boil in a large saucepan and reduce by one-third. Add the clams, cover and steam, shaking the pan occasionally, until the clams open up, 5 to 7 minutes. Remove and discard any that do not open. Remove the cover and let the clams cool in the pot. When cool enough to handle, separate the meat from the shells, reserving the juice, and chop the clams. Set aside. Reserve the cooking liquid.
• Add the tomato, red pepper and jalapeno to the soup pot and cook over low heat an additional 10 minutes. Strain the reserved cooking juices and clam juice through a fine kitchen towel or coffee filter into the soup. Add the chopped clams and cook 10 more minutes. Stir in the cilantro, lime juice and pepper. Taste for salt, since the clams may be salty, and serve steaming hot.

INNKEEPER'S MUSSEL CHOWDER

Steps:

• Scrub mussels in cool water and pull off beards; discard any whose shells don't close when tapped.
• In an 8- to 10-quart pan, combine mussels and wine; bring to a boil over high heat. Cover and simmer over medium heat until mussels open, 5 to 8 minutes.
• Pour into a colander set in a large bowl to collect juices.
• Let mussels stand until cool enough to touch.
• Meanwhile, peel potatoes and cut into 1/2-inch cubes.
• Peel and chop onion. Rinse celery and cut into 1/2-inch pieces.
• In the pan used for mussels, melt butter over medium heat.
• Add onion and celery; stir often until onion is limp, 6 to 8 minutes.
• Add curry powder and basil; stir until spices become more fragrant, about 30 seconds.
• Pour mussel juices from bowl into pan.
• Add tomato sauce, cream, and potatoes.
• Turn heat to high; when mixture is boiling, cover, reduce heat to low, and simmer, stirring occasionally, until flavors are well blended, about 30 minutes.
• Meanwhile, remove mussels from shells; discard shells.
• Add mussels to soup; cover and simmer just until mussels are hot, 3 to 5 minutes.
• Add salt and pepper to taste.
• Ladle into bowls.