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Smoked Haddock Chowder
Added by PoshPaws | Fri 10 Apr 2009 @ 13:23
This was not only my first successful soup - but my first successful soup involving fish! It has become a firm family favourite and even my 10yr old son loves it.
Ingredients
A Knob of butter
3 rashers of streaky bacon, chopped
1 onion, finely chopped
1 leek, sliced fine
2 tbsp plain flour
600ml full cream milk (plus a little extra)
400g potatoes cut into small cubes
400g smoked skinned haddock fillets (about 2)
140g frozen sweetcorn
a handful of frozen peas
100ml fish stock (cube is fine)
lots of freshly ground black pepper
a pinch of cayenne pepper
chopped parsley, to serve
Method
Heat the butter in a large saucepan. Tip in the bacon, then cook until starting to brown. Add the onion, cook for 2-3 mins, then the leek and sweat until soft.
Sprinkle over the 2tsp flour and mix through. Cook for 1 minute or so.
Pour over the milk bit by bit, stirring like mad to remove any lumps. Add the stock and potatoes. Bring to the boil, then simmer for 5 mins stirring regularly to avoid it sticking to the bottom of the pan.
Add the sweetcorn and peas and cook for 2-3 minutes, bringing back up to heat.
Add the haddock, then leave to gently cook for another 5-10 mins. As it cooks, break it into large chunks.
Scatter over parsley, if using.
Serve with plenty of crusty bread.
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Further to my comment in Feb 2011, I now use tinned new potatoes (cut into small chunks) and add prawns and sometimes a bit of actual cream, if I'm feeling really lush!
First time I have have cooked a Chowder and this came out lovely. I agree on earlier comment of pre-cooking potatoes a small amount as they take a while to soften but if you are not in hurry then no problem at all.<br /> I did add a large tspoon of grainy mustard to give it a zing, also I used semi skimmed milk and it was fine. <br /> Well worth a try. Delicious !
I have a problem with my chowder sometimes - it splits. Why is that and how do I prevent it please? It tastes OK but doesn't look so good.
Just made this. Didn't have leeks or sweetcorn so I used celery and extra peas, used smoked bacon and added a few sprigs of thyme. Even with this in mind, I can't help feeling that it's lacking something, although it's perfectly palatable. Perhaps the haddock wasn't good enough.
I made this last night - probably took me 45 minutes, but it was the first time, and it was DELICIOUS; so much so that I dropped some off for my mother today and she rang me at lunchtime and said: "This soup is TO DIE FOR!"!! All I would say is that I would nuke the diced potatoes for a minute before adding them - I made the soup before going to the cinema, to have when I came back. When I left, the potatoes weren't quite cooked and I think they would have required at least another 10 minutes. As it was, they sat and cooked in the soup while I went to watch a (not very good!) film! And, personally, I wouldn't bother with the peas. But that's just me! Definitely one to add to my repertoir, though!
I made this last night - well, the version from the 30 minute meals and it was fantastic!
yeah I thought it had prawns in it too! I'm gonna try it now anyway.
Hi,
I thought from the t program the other day that anchovies were added and also prawns at the end.