Recipes

CLAM, DUNGENESS CRAB CHOWDER

Serves 4

INGREDIENTS

½ Gallon Heavy Cream

1 QT clam juice

4 pieces of bacon

½ cup onion, diced

½ cup celery, diced

½ cup carrots, diced

½ cup fennel, diced

½ cup cooked potato, diced

½ cup cooked celery root, diced

½ cup pancetta, diced

1 cup shucked manila clam meat

1 cup Dungeness crab fry legs

4 T. lemon juice

1/8 cup flour

1/8 cup parsley, chopped

1/8 cup chervil, chopped

1/8 cup chives, chopped

1/8 cup tarragon, chopped

1/8 cup thyme, chopped

1/8 cup basil, chopped

METHOD

Render bacon fat from slabs of bacon.

Saute vegetables until onions become translucent and vegetables sweat.

Dust with flour.

Add cream and clam juice. Bring liquid to simmer. Adjust liquid with water if too think.

Add chopped herbs and lemon juice.

Season with salt, pepper, paprika, and Tabasco.

Reduce by half.

Use fry legs as garnish.