Five Clam Chowder with Blissful Mash

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Total: 35 min
Prep: 5 min
Cook: 30 min
Yield: 6 servings

Ingredients

  1. 3 corn cobs (corn kernels removed and reserved)
  2. 2 diced leeks
  3. 1/2 head of garlic
  4. 3/4 chopped onion
  5. 1/4 bunch thyme
  6. Bacon rind or smoked ham hock
  7. Stalk celery chopped
  8. 4 quahog clams
  9. 1/4 cup white wine
  10. 3 cups of chicken broth fresh or canned
  11. 1/4 cup butter
  12. 8 medium red bliss potatoes
  13. 1/2 cup heavy cream
  14. 1/4 cup butter
  15. Salt and pepper
  16. 3 tablespoons butter
  17. 2 tablespoon garlic
  18. 1 tablespoon chopped thyme
  19. 12 cockles
  20. 12 mahoganies
  21. 12 littleneck clams
  22. 6 razor clams
  23. 12 steamer clams
  24. 1/4 cup chicken broth
  25. 1/2 cup heavy cream
  26. 1 stalk celery diced
  27. 1/4 cup of diced rendered bacon

Instructions

  1. Melt butter in a 4 quart pot and add corn cobs, leeks, garlic, onion, thyme, bacon rind, celery, quahog, salt and pepper. Cook until the onions are translucent (no color on vegetable). Add white wine and chicken broth and simmer until the quahogs are open. Strain and reserve broth. 
  2. Cook potatoes in salted water until soft. Heat the butter and heavy cream. Strain the potatoes and add warm cream and butter. Mash potatoes and add salt and pepper to taste. In a 16-inch hotel pan, melt butter and reserved corn with garlic and chopped thyme. Then add all clams and 1/4 cup chicken broth. Cover and steam until clams are open. Warm the reserve broth, add cream, diced celery, salt, pepper, and rendered bacon. Place a dollop of blissful mashed potatoes in each bowl. Pile 2 cockles, 2 mahoganies, 1 razor clam, 2 littlenecks and 2 steamers on top. Ladle 8 ounces of the chowder broth over clams and adjust the seasoning.

 

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